Hello Bob,   
      
   >MM>I would like to figure out ways to reduce hoarding and backyard   
   >MM>breeding in the puppy mill variety. My idea is to seize the property   
   >MM>such as the home and or the vehicles to help cover the costs of   
   >MM>taking care of these animals. I would like to see municipalities and   
      
   >RW>YEah, there's the problem of government incompetence, which   
   >RW>we've got quite enough now, but, remember that property   
   >RW>seizures are only for folks involved in so-called crimes of   
   >RW>a consensual nature, such as the guy growing some weed   
   >RW>under grow lights in his basement.  Then we seize property.   
   >RW>Protecting dogs and cats, low on the priority ladder.  Also   
   >RW>remember that property seizure is a weapon we only use   
   >RW>against those whose points of view we don't like.   
      
   BK>All true. There has been a lot of coverage of abuse and neglect   
   BK>of dogs in the local press. The former dog warden was hounded   
   BK>out of office by the daily newspaper on a crusade to stop the   
   BK>killing of dogs in the pound, esp pit bulls.   
      
   There is an easy solution -   
      
   Kill `em all, let God sort `em out.   
      
   BK>They got a new dog warden, and things haven't changed much.   
   BK>Seems the issue is not as simple as they thought. They got the   
   BK>rules restricting ownership of pit bulls repealed, after all pit   
   BK>bulls aren't dangerous.   
      
   Stick your hand inside the mouth of a pit bull and see what happens.   
      
   BK>Then a couple days ago there was a report in the paper of a   
   BK>couple teens went to a house and were attacked by a couple pit   
   BK>bulls. In looking that up I found numerous reports of dog bites,   
   BK>some fatal. Often the victims are the dogs owners. The man who   
   BK>took breed restrictions to court and got that changed around   
   BK>here was in court again. Seems he let his dogs run wild. A man   
   BK>came home and found his son lying dead in the driveway, killed   
   BK>by 9 of his dogs. Bull Mastiffs, Pit bulls, and a rottweiller.   
      
   Serves him right.  As well as his stupid son.  But at least   
   his dogs were well fed.   
      
   BK>All to many who want to own dogs considered dangerous are *NOT*   
   BK>responsible.   
      
   A hungry pit bull will always bite off more than a hungry chihuahua.   
   So will a hungry bull mastiff.  And a hungry rottweiller.   
      
   --Lee   
      
      
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