Tying Up Your Dog and Leaving Him on the Street May Soon Be Illegal
Categories: Adorable Animals Who Aren't in Trouble but Are Adorable Just the Same, Adorable Animals in Trouble, City Life, Dogs, Sergio Hernandez
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But anyway, now that would be illegal! So don't even think about it!
Councilman Peter Vallone, who introduced the bill in '07, told amNY that enforcement would be largely left to the public:
"We don't expect to have police officers running around with stopwatches," Vallone said.
Which is too bad. Because we were really looking forward to that Law & Order: Special K-9 Victims Unit spin-off.
Instead, people would be encouraged to call suspiciously tied-up dogs into the ASPCA. First-time offenders would get a warning, while second offenses would yield a $250 fine. But we think a more just punishment is to just tie the owners up to some scaffolding while the dog's inside getting a mani-pedi.
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