Should dogs and their owners be registered online with pictures?

This would be similar to the online registries which currently exist for sex offenders, which are searchable by area. The purpose of the registry would be to alert people nearby of potential danger, and to identify the dog and owner should the dog get loose.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l41MZ6gN62c

Succinct and well-stated.

generally a crime.

it suits THEM. :eyes:

about gun owners?

Seriously. About 12 per year.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0922329.html
Children Killed by Guns: In 1999, there were 3,385 firearms-related deaths for children ages 0–19 years. They break down as follows: 214 unintentional, 1,078 suicides, 1,990 homicides, 83 for which the intent could not be determined, and 20 due to legal intervention. Source: 2002 edition of Injury Facts.


Huh.

That's about the same number of child sex crime murders per year, too.

And yet you still have to register your car with your state's department of motor vehicles.

cars are killing machines and besides, states like to get money from you for registering them. And they cost lots of money. And are necessary for a lot of people so the state can get money from you from mandatory registration. woof

...but what would you say if I found out that the percentage of dogs who bite people was greater than the percentage of registered sex offenders who reoffend? A lot of dogs bite people.

But if you want to make analogies, let's talk about how my idea might protect even more people than sex offender registries do.

And why do we need drivers license. And next we will ask why we have to have a chip in our drivers license? where will this need to know everything about us end?

And their DNA is on file.

Then they can use us as a resource similiar to slavery.

But it will get worse, much worse.

...leave your garage, and start causing bodily harm to people.

(This has "long day" written all over it.)

There's nothing like a '95 Saturn with an attitude.

Anyhow, what if somebody steals it, takes off the license plates and files off the VIN , then runs over somebody with it? How will they find out who it belongs to unless its picture and mine are posted on the Internet? :sarcasm:

"potential danger" ?
:wtf:

If you truly do not know what I mean by potential danger, you have just provided a good example of why I think that dogs and their owners should be registered.

You're assuming certain breeds of dogs pose a danger to the neighborhood, and want me to publish a pic of myself and my sweet little pit/boxer mix on the friggin internet, so ignorant alarmists can single us out to have our dog put to sleep.

Isn't that really the crux of the matter?!

How would they have your dog put to sleep anyhow?

every time someone who shouldn't even be near a dog owns one that attacks and kills someone. That's wholly the owner's fault and sadly, the dog pays the price. :(

EDIT: In answer to your question, isn't this registration a way to find dogs that might be a "potential danger", so they can be targeted or killed?

I am not proposing putting your dog to sleep. I am proposing giving people the information needed to identify that you have a dog (I got bit in the ass by a St. Bernard just for approaching someone's front door - my ass is not worth the school fundraiser I was performing duties for and would have just skipped that house had I known they had a dog bigger than me), and who owns it when it's running free (I also got bit by an Irish setter for no reason other than these people couldn't keep the thing behind a fence several times already) so that you can either get it back or take the responsibility that you owe society for your failure to ensure the safety of others. Why would anyone not want their dog to make it back to them if it was running loose? Why would you be against that as a dog owner?

That's all the "information needed to identify" that I have a dog. If it's about running lose, my dog doesn't.

I was canvassing for Kerry a couple of years ago, and was paired up with this guy who wanted to open gates and go right on up to houses. I had to warn him more than once that there could well be a very large, quiet dog on the premises. At one house, the dog was quiet until he closed the gate behind him.

and I'd gladly register her at whatever agency required it. She's a real killer. (This is NOT her picture; she's actually a bit overweight but we're working on that!)

People know that smaller dogs carry a reduced public safety issue.

The only dog that ever bit me was a dachshund. Just missed the eye. 7 stitches.

To the owner of the dachshund in the post above, don't worry, I still love the little guys and have no intention of starting a campaign to have them specially registered. Some people need to get a grip.

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That is one SCARY looking dog! Defiintely a menace! :scared:


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he like a man, he can make love but he won't have babies.

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this is the dumbest thing i've ever heard. the only way my dogs would hurt anyone is if they broke into my house (i have a hungarian vizsla and an english bulldog/boxer mix-completely non-violent dogs). and quite frankly, if anyone is in my home that doesn't belong here, they deserve a dosage of arse-whooping by my dogs (or me and a bat).\
i don't need the web to help reunite me with my dogs. they won't get out of my home, i don't leave them in the yard unattended and they have tags...i don't want my address posted on the web anyway.

this could happen in my house. the windows are too high and, well, my doors are always closed. i'm a responsible dog owner, my husband and i have had dogs for years and have never had problems with them. i don't let my dogs outside unattended and my dogs are trained...

idiots who train dogs to maul people and/or other dogs and those who inbreed so-called dangerous dogs are the problem, not responsible dog owners who hate, just like anyone else, to see innocent folks injured and killed by animals. but this is not the solution. i don't need my personal information, or my dogs' info, on the internet as a pretense to protect people who will never come into contact with us. i don't even like the idea of microchipping, although i'm not as adverse to that as posting information on the web. my dogs have NEVER done anything to anyone, and they most certainly don't deserve to be plastered on the internet as if there's something wrong with them.

and can someone please tell me what n/t means? seriously, i don't know!

And thus again I am presented with another reason why I feel the way I do about this topic. Dog owners will mangle the facts to make all sorts of excuses for shirking their own responsibility by bringing a dangerous animal into a residential district and not doing what they should to protect others.

n/t means there is no text in the message; it conveys everything in the subject line.

you don't know anything about me, my dogs, or my doors. ever think, perhaps, i can enter through my back door, which opens into a fenced yard?? or, that my dogs are left in a room when i'm not home that has no access to the outside, even if my door does open? or perhaps, my dogs are trained so that they DON'T run out the door, because, um, they're well-behaved?
sorry to go on a rant, but this sort of stuff really gets under my skin. do not presume to know my dogs or my responsiblity with them, because you may have had some shitty experience with dogs. my dogs are more well taken care of than some peoples' kids.

I just figured you leave your house every now and then like most of us do.

this is just ridiculous.

..."what if" or "suppose", you are not necessarily saying that they true, and that's why they are called weasel words.

seems to neglect or mistreat their dogs, than you should report them to your local animal control organization. If you are concerned about aggressive dogs, you should support organizations like the ASPCA or the Humane Society, that are dedicated to educating people about responsible companion animal guardianship and rescuing dogs from abusive households. Dogs, no matter what the breed, are not inherently dangerous, they are made that way as a result of abuse and neglect.

And, thank you for voicing what I wish I could put so well about my dog. He's hurt no one, and doesn't need to be "watched, just in case"!

So now ALL dogs and their owners are a threat to you? When did DU get infiltrated with DOG haters?

:wtf:

That's a terrible idea.

She's a democrat.

Say cheese!

I think right know we have other breeds to ban.

Most dog owners already have their dogs licensed, and also have name/number tags on a dog's collar.

You can grab the collar of the dog that just bit you and have it hold still long enough so you can read the letters on the tag, while writing the information down on the memo pad you carry around with you all the time with the other hand.

and check it against that newfangled database!

More people die of bee stings than dog attacks, I'm sure.

I guess cat owners should be registered online with pictures, as well? :sarcasm:

From Franny Syufy,

A. Although this is not really a frequently-asked question, the subject is one that reinforces the fear (or hatred) some people have about cats.

The question I received by email involved a story told to my correspondent about a cat, seriously pissed-off because he had been banished to another room by his owner during a dinner party (he was accustomed to dining at the table with his owner.)

She wrote, "According to my source a 24 year old woman bled to death after the cat had severed her throat while she slept! She said the family entered the bedroom and found the cat sitting on the floor, washing it's face as the young woman lay dying in the bed.

I have always loved cats and have had them nearly all of my years and this "tale" has literally blown me away. Can this really be true? My source said it happened in her Ohio neighborhood in the early 1920's.

How can I find out if this is or is not true?"

http://cats.about.com/od/catloreurbanlegends/f/killercat.htm

that Keith ran a story on not long ago? I believe this was it.

House arrest for attack cat
Fairfield neighbors terrorized by Lewis

A ferocious feline terrorized a quiet Fairfield neighborhood, to the point that residents are seeking help from the law to stop the so-called "Terrorist of Sunset Circle."
Lewis, a 5-year-old, black-and-white longhaired cat, attacked at least a half-dozen people on the cul-de-sac and even took on the local Avon lady, neighbors say.

"He looks like Felix the Cat and has six toes on each foot each with a long claw," Sunset Circle resident Janet Kettman said. "They are formidable weapons."

Kettman said Lewis attacked her twice.

http://www.connpost.com/news/ci_3646541

Someone probably made fun of him when he was a kitten. Can't really blame him.

Driver Swerves, Misses Cat, Kills Teen

JACKSONVILLE, FL-October 3, 2005 - A driver who swerved to avoid a cat in the road instead struck a skateboarding teenager, killing him.
Kevin Rivers, 17, of Jacksonville, was standing by the side of the road with his skateboard Saturday night when he was hit, police said. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital.

The driver, whose name was not released, told police he swerved the car to avoid a cat. Investigators said the driver would not be charged because Rivers had been standing partially in the road.

"I'm devastated. He was too young," Rivers' mother, Naomi Falson, told WJXT-TV in Jacksonville. "He was a good boy. He wanted something in life."

(Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=nation_world&id=3496349

Did your parents not allow you to have a dog, a loyal, honest, loving and absolutely solid best friend that every child should have?

No one should be forced to have their picture posted on the Internet for any reason, IMO that includes sex offenders that have served their time. It's a violation... and dog owners for goodness sakes, come on.

Why not post their info and pic too?

then the answer is yes.

a fuck about dogs?

Why not anyone who buys a certain amount of alcohol on a weekly basis? They might be a drunk driving threat I'd like to know about.

So your question is moot! :sarcasm:

:)

Sue me.

:D

A picture of them with their cigarettes. So we can all know where the potential harm from second hand smoke in our neighborhoods can be found.

Oh yeah, and people who refuse to endorse crazy shit like this should also be registered because they are a threat to our new police state!

:sarcasm: Bloody fucking :sarcasm:

...to "Are You People Insane" but I didn't see that option.

What a fucking stupid idea...:eyes:

I think all doggie paw prints should be on file, along with a front and profile picture of the pooch. Can't be too careful!


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or should we create a culture that values personal responsibility and integrity towards other species?

I mean seriously. If there were a database that you could type in an address and know automatically if they have a dog or not, wouldn't that be fan-damn-tastic as a resource if you were a criminal? You'd just have to watch the house for a few days and see when everyone was gone. No pesky dog to worry about biting you in the ass on your way in the back door.

Shouldn't there then also be an online gun registry? Oh, wait...an online baseball bat registry. I heard the other day that someone once got killed by a hammer. Guess we'll need both a hand tool and a power tool registry. Cross-referenced of course...

Living in Florida, we have gators all over the frikkin place. I'm thinking that anyone with a body of water either on or abutting his/her property needs to also register as having partial ownership of the gators therein.

What a great idea. Beautiful.

love to drop poisoned meat over the fences of certain houses. What a stupid idea, all around.

I've been waiting for this one. Nothing says "Democrats value personal freedoms" like a nationwide dog-owner database. :D

People welcoming big brother with open arms, all so that they can feel safe from little Fluffy:crazy:

Sorry, stupid, intrusive idea, and one that should never catch hold. Idiocy at its finest:eyes:

oh, yeah----GUN OWNERS.

Oh, dear, a llama pissed on my tulips, where's the internet!

Captive deer (whether farmed or kept as pets by exceedingly stupid people) are quite dangerous and of course a lot of people (and deer) die in car on deer collisions. They kill a lot more people annually than dogs of any breed.

In fact, I urge you to join my Fiance in this effort!

http://dogster.com/pet_page.php?i=296949