VA SHORE: Woman enraged after Chincoteague Police officer shoots her pet dog
News from Delmarva Daily Times:
CHINCOTEAGUE ? A town police officer who shot and wounded a family dog that he felt was trying to attack him has come under fire by the dog?s owner, who feels it was too severe a reaction.
?My question is why did the police officer use a gun and not his Mace, his Taser or his stick, or call animal control,? said Amy McDonald, who was visiting her father on Chincoteague Island when the incident happened.
Chincoteague Police Chief Eddie Lewis said the dog, a pit bull just over a year old, was running at large with another of McDonald?s dogs and had cornered a nearby resident and his son in a barn when police arrived.
The shot dog, named Bullet, and his brother ?were coming down the lane and one of them growled? at the officer, said Lewis.
?He never backed down,? he said of the dog, which was not on McDonald?s father?s property at the time of the shooting.
?She claimed the dogs were playful and they well may be with her,? Lewis said, adding the officer, Cpl. Kenneth Reese, ?just didn?t have a whole lot of time to react.?
The gunshot hit the dog in the jaw and chest. McDonald and her 8-year-old daughter were driving around trying to find the dogs when they heard it about 150 yards away.
?We heard the dog yelp with the gunshot,? she said. ?The dogs were so scared they ran all the way back to the house.?
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Marco Island?s dog park breeds discontent with aggressive owners/aggressive pets
News from Naples Daily News:
Well-mannered Dylan, black and white, shares a dog kiss with Levi under the watchful eye of Dylan?s owner at Canine Cove on Wednesday. Cheryl Ferrara / Eagle Correspondent
MARCO ISLAND ? Stacy Needles said she?s heard it from clients. Some breeds at Mackle Park?s Canine Cove have mean streaks. In one incident, a pet dog was bitten and injured by a Rottweiler, she said.
Marco Island?s Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee discussed dog park complaints during its Tuesday meeting. Alex Galiana, recreation supervisor, led the discussion.
Of the 30 to 50 dogs that use the park per day, Galiana said he receives only one or two complaints in each two-week period.
?The chairman of City Council is there every day,? he said, ?and he says it works pretty well.?
Galiana checked with other dog parks in Collier and Lee counties to see if they have aggressive dog policies. None of them do, he said. Naples attempted to identify dogs using its park and has been successful in registering 1,800. However, park personnel told Galiana it was a colossal mistake and a nightmare for staff.
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