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Dog Tethering May Become Illegal in Orange County, NC

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

dog tethering lawThe Board of Commissioners in Orange County, North Carolina, are considering a proposal to make dog tethering illegal.

The News & Observer, a local newspaper, reports that an ordinance is likely to be adopted, making exceptions in few cases...
The advisory board's recommendation includes an exemption for certain activities, including hunting, for up to seven days. It also would allow for tethering a dog for up to three hours a day, which advisory board chairwoman Kris Bergstrand called a compromise position.
There's no need for an anti-dog tethering law, because states already have laws against animal cruelty. County and City animal control departments simply need to enforce these animal cruelty laws by identifying dogs that are suffering injury or illness from tethering.

The problem starts with "ideology". That is, animal rights activists have a fundamental belief that any kind of tethering is "inhumane". Even if a tethered dog is sitting happily with food and water, they don't care. They just want to make everyone do as they say.

Unfortunately, they've raised the "public safety" card in a day and age where pitbull attacks are all over the news channels. Lawmakers are buying it because they're out of ideas on how to curb dog attacks.

Does anyone reading this think that by banning dog tethering, the number of dog attacks will come down?

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7 Comments:

  • What's wrong with this picture? 1. Fido has no shade? 2. Fido's rope will easily tip-over his water pan? 3. Both?

    Tethering (like everything else) also involves "some" common sense.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:59 AM, November 15, 2007  

  • No, it will probably increase the numbers because larger breed dogs can chew, jump or dig out of pens and fences and get free to roam the streets. Like you said, if they enforced the laws they already had they wouldn't need to create new laws. Just like drunk driving, some people do it, some people do not, but should we ban everyone's right to drive?

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:04 AM, November 15, 2007  

  • This is another one of those "feel good" laws that legislators like to pass to appease the animal rights activists.

    California passed this early this year. It is an unenforceable law, pitting neighbors against each other and causing people who can't afford fencing or runs to turn their dogs over to the shelter.

    By Anonymous jan, at 11:04 AM, November 15, 2007  

  • Okay, I have 1 acre with 1/4 of it fenced in for my dogs. One dog climbs the fence and is the neighborhood thief when she gets out, stealing stuff from porches all over the neighborhood. So, she is tied out with a doghouse, shade, food, water, and straw inside and outside the doghouse during the day and sleeps inside the house at night. The other, digs under the fence, takes off, and is gone for hours. She also sleeps in the house at night and has a doghouse, food, water (even her own kiddie pool, which she loves to play in). She wouldn't hurt anybody, but we live in a rural area with dump trucks flying up and down our road like they are doing NASCAR. So, as I have told the girls, it is their choice, run in the back yard inside the fence or be tied up. They made their choices. What is a responsible dog owner to do in this case? Just let the dogs run free all over the county? I think not.

    By Anonymous Susan, at 2:57 PM, November 19, 2007  

  • It is unnecessary to wait until the effects of tethering render a dog half-dead from the elements, or caused it to choke itself to death. The law is now stating that tethering, in and of iteself, is cruel. Which it is.

    Those of you who use animals for your own convenience, wake up.

    By Blogger Karen Rose, at 5:56 PM, November 25, 2007  

  • When used properly tethering is fine! People need to be educated on how to properly set up a chain or cable run for the dogs. It's not hard to do and cost little money to have a professonal looking run and very safe for all dogs to use from small dogs to large dogs. Find a kennel owner to educate you and not some ARA to comment about something they know very little about. APBT Owner

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:58 AM, February 22, 2008  

  • I have to admit, my poor little doggies (three of them) have a 4,000 sq. ft. house to roam around freely. However, on the best days they are on a a 100 ft. tethering thingie..lol! Bless their hearts they love it. We do NOT need another ordinance or law on common sense. My children have the best life EVER!! My Fido's (gracie mae, mercy me, and julie bea) have the best of everything. I HATE to see another ordinance on common sense.
    I just don't know how to explain to my babies they can only be outside three hours on the best days of the year.
    You see-- if you let them all out at the same time....the ring leader (gracie mae) leads them off to never never land for no less than 4 hours. So far all is well!! On the the four of five field trips that were never meant to be..they all returned home.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:11 PM, November 10, 2008  

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