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Animal
Laws In South Carolina Makacayla
Sinclair killed by a chained great dane, 15 month old Isaiah killed
by a chain pit bull and now 4 year old Asia Turner killed by a chained
rottweiller. Three
Spartanburg County children in less than three years. All killed
by chained up dogs, deaths animal control officer Don Arnold thinks
could have been prevented. "We
need to have stricter laws about how you care for your animal,"
Arnold said. Arnold
has long been an advocate of getting dogs off of chains. He
says "Chained dogs are loaded guns waiting to happen ." He
believes it makes them aggressive like the pit bull that killed
little Isaiah Smith. Arnold
believes animal laws in South Carolina are outdated. How
outdated? Stacy
Christiansen with Spartanburg County Humane Society says the rottweilers
in Monday's attack were put down. However,
if the parents of Asia Turner, the 4-year-old killed Tuesday,
hadn't given authorities the authority to euthanize the dogs
that attacked her, South Carolina law could have and would have
allowed them to get their dogs back. Arnold
says "if the attack occurs on the place where the animal is
suppose to be it is not considered a dangerous animal." And
that's not all, even if a dog is ruled dangerous by a judge state
law still allows owners to get them back as long as they provide
certain security measures for that animal including you guessed
it chaining them up. Difficult facts to come to terms with for now three Spartanburg County families facing a sad future without these once smiling faces.
Dogs Deserve Better, Inc. is a 501c3 national nonprofit organization. Mothers Against Dog Chaining is currently a program of Dogs Deserve Better, and as such all donations are tax-deductible according to IRS guidelines. All funds donated to the Mothers Against Dog Chaining program will initially go into the DDB general fund account; however, they will be earmarked and used for Mothers Against Dog Chaining materials and campaigns. |
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CONTACT: Tammy
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