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redundant method of confinement behind a perimeter fence or with <br />another enclosure in urban areas. Tethered dogs cannot escape fr <br />perceived threats; as a result, tethering has been implicated in <br />number of bites when children tease dogs or enter a tethered dog <br />territory. A reasonable timetable should be set to enable dog ow <br />obtain the required fencing. <br />Animal control personnel have the authority to remove a dog <br />4) <br />or cat from a vehicle if the animalÈs health is endangered by su <br />ment in hot weather. <br />Dangerous Dogs <br />Communities have a right and a responsibility to deal with dan- <br />gerous dogs in a manner that clearly identifies such dogs and ho <br />responsible for their actions. Identification of potentially dan <br />valuable to allow for intervention before a serious injury or de <br />However, animal control agents should be trained to recognize th <br />ence between a potentially dangerous dog and a dog that is actin <br />watchdog or is simply alerting strangers to avoid its territory. <br />At risk dogs <br />Animal control agencies should investigate claims that dogs are <br />dangerous, provide due process to owners who are accused of harb <br />dangerous dogs, and be authorized to euthanize dogs if deemed ne <br />after due process has been exhausted. Regardless of the appeals <br />in the no-kill movement, dogs adjudicated as too dangerous to li <br />community should not be shipped to another jurisdiction. <br />An at risk dog is: <br />1) <br />a dog that, when off the property of the owner and unpro- <br />i) <br />voked, menaces, chases, displays threatening or aggressive <br />behavior or otherwise threatens or endangers the safety of any <br />person; <br />a dog that, while running at large, menaces, attacks, or <br />ii) <br />injures a domestic animal; <br />a dog that, while running at large, jumps on, chases, or bites <br />iii) <br />a person causing a less than severe injury. (A severe injury is <br />physical injury that results in broken bones or disfiguring lace <br />tions requiring multiple sutures or cosmetic surgery.) <br />a dog that, unprovoked and absent extenuating circum- <br />iv) <br />stances, menaces, attacks, or bites a person on the ownerÈs <br />property causing a less than severe injury. <br />[ 17 ] <br />© National Animal Interest Alliance, March 2005 <br /> <br />