https://reason.com/volokh/2023/11/08/let-us-kill-your-dog-or-go-to-jail-for-a-year/
Animals
Let Us Kill Your Dog or Go to Jail for a Year
Eugene Volokh | 11.8.2023 8:01 AM
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The county code allows destruction of a dangerous dog under specific circumstances. It allows destruction when an owner does not redeem an impounded dog within 96 hours. And it allows immediate destruction when “a dog is suffering from a serious injury or disease, and destroying the dog is in the interest of public health and safety, or in the interest of the dog.” The code does not authorize destroying a dog in any other instance….
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I found this “in the interest of the dog” amusing. How is killing the dog in “its interest”?
Argh!
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