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35 <br />35 <br />Kay Bishop, DVM, New Hope Animal Hospital <br />Ken Redmond, Vme Veterinary Hospital <br />Kathy Crabtree, DVM, Carver Shad Veterinary Hospital <br />Pat Pagel, DVM, Cole Park Veterinary Hospital . <br />Wdvle Droke, DVM, Cole Park Veterinary Hospital <br />Deborah Stein, DVM, Cole Park Vetereâ–º Hospital <br />Megan Harris, DVM, Cole Park Veterinary Hospital <br />Marjorie Lnrdeks, DVM, St Francis Veterinary Hospitar <br />Tirnmy Frazier said that he has tried to make all of time meetings and has tried <br />to talk to people In the community, especially those in the northern part of the County. <br />He said that he is a responsible dog owner, and he beleves that tethering is okay U the <br />owner takes care of hislher dogs and tethers in a humane way. He thinks that the <br />problem in Orange County Is the dog breed. He said that when the County <br />Commissioners fake something like this amendment down their throats, it makes the <br />citizens mad. <br />Susan Kelly is against the tethering amendment She agreed with Commissioner <br />Caney and they all want to do the right thing for the animals. For some, she thinks that it <br />could be tethering. <br />Stillman Wright was born and raised in Chapel Hill. He said that he has tethered <br />champion dogs and his dogs are not mistreated. He showed olctures of his dogs. His <br />dogs are kept on ten -foot chains, which give them 365 square feet. He said that he is a <br />responsible dog owner. He also showed a picture of an American Pit Bull Terrier that <br />got out of a fence. <br />Josh Chapman was born and raised in Orange County. He read from an aiticle <br />from the News and Observer. `Barbara Sherman, a Crmlcal Associate Professor at N. <br />C. State University College of Veterinary Medicine, said `method of animal confinement <br />should not be blamed for neglect. You can abuse those same dogs by putting them in <br />tiny pens. We really need to examine the welfare of each dog.° He asked those that <br />two in Orange County and that have dogs that rive on chains to raise their hands. He <br />said that most people who raised their hands are from Orange County. He said that <br />most of the people that are pushing this are from Chapel Hill and are not going to be. <br />affected by this. He said that he has dogs on chains at his house, ' and they will not stay <br />in pens. <br />Frank Tilley is opposed to the tethering ordinance. He said that there are <br />surveys that say that dogs on chains become aggressive. He has seen plenty of <br />aggmaNe-dogs In pens. He has trained dogs for 12 years and you can make any dog <br />aggressive and it b not just because it is on a chain. A dog can be happy on a chain just <br />as much as he is in a pen. <br />Suzanne Roy was a member of the Tethering Committee and the ASAB. She <br />would bike to answer any of their questions rather than referring it back to the Tethering <br />Committee. She said that neglected dogs can be anywhere, but there are special <br />circumstances that make tethering an issue that should be a policy decision - lack of a <br />bander, protecting the people from the dog, etc. She said that it is a situation similar to <br />having an uncovered or unfenced pool. It is both a lure and a danger to children: She <br />said that 175 children in the Ust four years have been killed or injured by chained dogs. <br />She made reference to the people that would have to make changes If this ordinance is <br />passed, and she said that these were people that the Tethering Committee had in mind <br />when it recommended the 18 -month phasing period. Regarding the hunting committee, <br />there are very strongly held bereft against government regulation related to animal <br />27 <br />