🚀 go-pugleaf

Walt Horning <whorning@pipeline.com> wrote:
> 
> Saw a loose dog the other day on a narrow, secondary road. It was just
> strolling down the road. People need to take more care of their pets.
> If someone instinctively swerves to miss a dog or cat and crosses the
> center line and causes a head on collision, then not only is it likely
> the pet will be dead, but so too might be some humans.
> 
> In summary, some consequences of loose pets are:
> 
>  - a dead pet
>  - dead humans
>  - living with the guilt of knowing you let your pet stray and cause
>    humans to die
>  - possible charges of involuntary manslaughter and jail time.

I agree.  Pets should NOT be allowed to roam around in a metropolitan
area, it is inconsiderate and illegal.  This practice is fine in a rural
area, but not appropriate in a metro area, for the reasons that Walt
listed above.

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