Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.
Benjamin Franklin

I learned something from the newspaper today.
I had just finished reading Jackiesue’s post about the serial slasher cat when I beheld this headline.
“Pit bull owner given 18 citations”.
I must admit that my first thought was that some asshole was caught fighting Pit bulls. To give you an idea of the kind of paper this is this headline was the lead story front page above the fold.
What really happened was the local Dog Warden issued 18 tickets to the owner of the property after responding to complaints of vicious dogs. He found that the owner had 39 American pit bulls. The citations were for the 18 animals living in the house with the family and for not having liability insurance.
I learned that in Ohio it is illegal to have a pit bull and not have it in a kennel locked with a pad lock. You also must carry liability insurance. This seems a little extreme to me, as they class a pit bull as a vicious animal. I think that the people who train them to be fighters are the vicious animals.
The Dog Warden and the two Sheriff’s detectives were convinced that the owners statement that he bred the dogs but not as fighters was true. I would say it is not the best choice of business in view of Ohio’s hatred of American pit bulls, but he has other things to worry about. During the search they found a dead pit bull in a barn but didn’t say how it died. They also found an SUV that was reported stolen in Cleveland over a year ago. Can’t wait to hear his story about that one.
Nite all!