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Pet Court Cracks Down on Furry Delinquents

San Antonio dishes out fines for bites and other transgressions

By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 25, 2012 9:10 AM CST

(Newser) – Every dog has its day, sometimes its day in court. At least in San Antonio, where the city has set up a unique legal enterprise: a court just for pets, where transgressions of the law involving dogs, cats, and other animals are tried, reports the Wall Street Journal. The 10-month-old special court has levied more than $250,000 in fines to pet owners for everything from bites to failure to vaccinate their furry friends.

The pet court represents a greater trend in the judicial systems of cities in which tailor-made courts are being set up to deal with specific populations such as drug addicts and the mentally ill. The objective is to educate judges about a distinct type of offense so they can hand down more suitable punishments.

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Disillusioned
Feb 26, 2012 7:17 AM CST
"The pet court represents a greater trend in the judicial systems of cities in which tailor-made courts are being set up to deal with specific populations such as drug addicts_______" and the mentally ill. "" "and the mentally ill." Before you click this is fantastic look at this last part Example:  Graves County Kentucky where there are two judges to rule the populace and rule they do They indiscriminately decide the fate of people daily and to help them along they create new rules and have done so for over 20 years One case in particular The Judge in the higher court was having an affair with a married woman He knew the womans husband was having issues with flashbacks from war trauma so had the guy tossed in jail by the sheriffs department    They kept him in jail for over two years up near Hopkinsville Kentucky where the state had a mental institution, the state didn't want to keep this guy in an institution because the guy wasn't dangerous he just suffered a mild case of PTSD but it help[ed keep the bed open at the wonams house so the two judges worked together to keep the guy out the county This crap happens each and every day across the country and still happens in Graves County Kentucky on a weekly basis The Powers that be disguise Judicial Rulings to talor their own ambitions Rule of law doesn't matter, it is politics as usual for whatever reason they choose  
OuttaHere
Feb 25, 2012 2:04 PM CST
Every dog has his day - in court.
truefreedom
Feb 25, 2012 10:23 AM CST
So does that mean dogs' and cats' owners get a say before the city/county their pets to sleep?

 
pets • Texas • law • court • San Antonio • dogs

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