Comments on: Irresponsible Dog Owners May Face Homicide Charges if Their Dog Kills Someone http://frankiethelawdog.com/2009/11/irresponsible-dog-owners-may-face-homicide-charges-if-their-dog-kills-someone/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Discussing topics of interest to dog lovers. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:02:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Suzanne http://frankiethelawdog.com/2009/11/irresponsible-dog-owners-may-face-homicide-charges-if-their-dog-kills-someone/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Suzanne Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:35:41 +0000 http://frankiethelawdog.com/?p=943#comment-242 <a href="#comment-240" rel="nofollow">@Wild Dingo </a> The whole situation is just heartbreaking all the way around. Freeman was an elderly man himself, and I got the impression that he just didn't know enough about how to care for this pack of dogs that he clearly loved very dearly. Heck, he lived in a tumble-down mobile home lacking electricity or running water; he could barely care for himself it seems. One thing that really disturbs me about this case is that there were SIX episodes of attacks within the year leading up to the victim's fatal attack. This situation was apparently reported to the animal control authorities at least twice. But it doesn't appear that the authority took any action. Had the authority done what it was supposed to do under Florida's Dangerous Dog Act, the victim might still be alive and the dogs may have been able to be rehomed and rehabilitated. And Freeman would not be in prison. xxx Suzanne @Wild Dingo
The whole situation is just heartbreaking all the way around. Freeman was an elderly man himself, and I got the impression that he just didn’t know enough about how to care for this pack of dogs that he clearly loved very dearly. Heck, he lived in a tumble-down mobile home lacking electricity or running water; he could barely care for himself it seems.

One thing that really disturbs me about this case is that there were SIX episodes of attacks within the year leading up to the victim’s fatal attack. This situation was apparently reported to the animal control authorities at least twice. But it doesn’t appear that the authority took any action. Had the authority done what it was supposed to do under Florida’s Dangerous Dog Act, the victim might still be alive and the dogs may have been able to be rehomed and rehabilitated. And Freeman would not be in prison.

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Suzanne

]]> By: Wild Dingo http://frankiethelawdog.com/2009/11/irresponsible-dog-owners-may-face-homicide-charges-if-their-dog-kills-someone/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Wild Dingo Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:45:35 +0000 http://frankiethelawdog.com/?p=943#comment-240 WTF is WRONG with people? Oh man, I actually feel sorry, not just for those attacked and KILLED, (poor woman and her family) but the actual dogs themselves. To be that worked up in a frenzy constantly attacking any person or animal, must have meant they were very unhappy, extremely frightened, very unstable because they had no real leadership. It's disgusting that people like this guy should be allowed to own an ant farm, let alone a pack of dogs, (pits at that). If /when he gets out, i hope part of his parole is learning how to be a better animal owner or enforcing education on animal cruelty. I'd LOVE for him to be barred from ever owning another animal again, but I realize that is impossible to do legally. ~wags-n-wiggles~ wild dingo .-= Wild Dingo´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.wilddingo.com/2009/11/23/pardon-me/" rel="nofollow">Pardon me…</a> =-. WTF is WRONG with people? Oh man, I actually feel sorry, not just for those attacked and KILLED, (poor woman and her family) but the actual dogs themselves. To be that worked up in a frenzy constantly attacking any person or animal, must have meant they were very unhappy, extremely frightened, very unstable because they had no real leadership. It’s disgusting that people like this guy should be allowed to own an ant farm, let alone a pack of dogs, (pits at that). If /when he gets out, i hope part of his parole is learning how to be a better animal owner or enforcing education on animal cruelty. I’d LOVE for him to be barred from ever owning another animal again, but I realize that is impossible to do legally.
~wags-n-wiggles~
wild dingo
.-= Wild Dingo´s last blog ..Pardon me… =-.

]]> By: Frankie The Law Dog » Florida Dog Bite Law: What Happens If My Dog Bites Someone? http://frankiethelawdog.com/2009/11/irresponsible-dog-owners-may-face-homicide-charges-if-their-dog-kills-someone/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Frankie The Law Dog » Florida Dog Bite Law: What Happens If My Dog Bites Someone? Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:28:47 +0000 http://frankiethelawdog.com/?p=943#comment-233 [...] high level of disregard for human life, the State of Florida may charge the dog’s owner with manslaughter by culpable negligence, regardless of whether or not the dog was ever classified a dangerous dog under the law.  [...] [...] high level of disregard for human life, the State of Florida may charge the dog’s owner with manslaughter by culpable negligence, regardless of whether or not the dog was ever classified a dangerous dog under the law.  [...]

]]> By: Frankie The Law Dog » What Does It Mean if a Dog is Certified as Dangerous Under Florida Law? http://frankiethelawdog.com/2009/11/irresponsible-dog-owners-may-face-homicide-charges-if-their-dog-kills-someone/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Frankie The Law Dog » What Does It Mean if a Dog is Certified as Dangerous Under Florida Law? Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:27:48 +0000 http://frankiethelawdog.com/?p=943#comment-232 [...] the owner may be charged with a crime.  In the worst cases, the dog owner may face a homicide charge if someone dies from a dog attack.  Furthermore, in the event of a civil lawsuit, such a violation [...] [...] the owner may be charged with a crime.  In the worst cases, the dog owner may face a homicide charge if someone dies from a dog attack.  Furthermore, in the event of a civil lawsuit, such a violation [...]

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