Is It Okay To Keep Dogs Chained Up?
October 21, 2008 by Dog Service Network
Filed under Dog Ownership, Doggie News
The Metropolitan King County Council in Seattle has taken steps to possibly prohibiting dogs being chained or confined to small areas for extended periods of time. The prime sponsor, Julia Patterson, D-SeaTax, is in support of this initiative after 2 pitbulls attacked 71 year old Huong Le outside her SeaTac home in September.
Although these pitbulls haven’t been chained, Patterson believes that dogs chained for hours a day are more likely to attack others, including dogs. She’s advocating to ban certain types of confinement, because “it’s not only a good idea for the animals’ well-being, it’s also a good idea for public health, welfare and safety.”
The Human Society of the United States believes that “tethering is inhumane and can lead dogs to become aggressive.” Also, Julie Russell of Families Against Breed Bans said “an analysis of 33 datal dog attacks on people in the U.S. in 2007 showed that 10 were committed by dogs that had been tethered and 26 by dogs that hadn’t been spayed or neutered”.
Are you in support of this policy? Do you believe that chaining a dog up is cruel and can lead to aggressive behavior?
Source: SeattleTimes.com
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