South Florida residents continue to voice their objections to one of the country's strictest ordinances, a law that affects all dog owners in Broward County. Recently, a group of concerned residents attended the Broward County Animal Care Advisory Committee meeting to speak out against the ordinance which has gotten a lot of attention lately after two dogs were ordered put down.
"As one of the only counties in the state of Florida that has this one strike and you're out law, I really implore you all to do something for these dogs," dog owner Suzanne Citere told the committee. The committee takes general public comment at the start of each meeting; discussion of the ordinance itself, however, was not on the agenda.
Among those in attendance were Beth and Lon Lipsky, owners of a Brandie, a Siberian husky who was put on death row after an incident that left a toy poodle dead. Although Brandie was on a leash at the time of the incident, and the Lipskys say the dog bite was provoked by the toy poodle, the county ruled against them and ordered Brandie be put to death.
According to Broward's law, a dog is considered dangerous if the dog attacks unprovoked, kills another animal, bites a person or fights another dog. Broward's ordinance -- a law that animal advocates have been trying to get overturned -- calls for dogs to be put down after a first offense. Critics say the law is cruel and unconstitutional. They also cite other municipalities that have laws that protect against dangerous dogs, but don't demand that a dog be killed after just one incident. State law allows for two fatal attacks on animals before a dog is declared dangerous and three before it is euthanized.
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