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Dawn Bugge rom: Carol Danielson ent: Monday, March 31, 2008 8:06 AM To: Dave Pecchia; Gordon Heitke; Dawn Bugge Subject: FW: Animal Control ordinance Attachments: DRAFT - Ord. 03 -08, Animal Control Regs -for website.pdf DRAFT - Ord. -08, Animal Con -- - -- Original Message From: Robert.L.Stafki @seagate.com [mailto:Robert.L.Stafki @seagate.com] Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 8:02 AM To: Carol Danielson Subject: RE: Animal Control ordinance Carol, 1 have reviewed the draft proposal and have discovered that not only has the wording not changed regarding voice control but the provision for training hunting dogs has been removed. This is a very regrettable turn of events and is beyond my understanding as to why these unreasonable restrictions are even being considered. If there is a problem with animals i in Lino, then we need to go after the offenders, not the law abiding dog Wners. As far as vicious animals, as an officer and firefighter for Centennial Fire District, I generally know if, when and where dog bites or other attacks occur. I can remember only one instance that we have responded to irl my entire career of 15 years. Obviously we don't get called to every 1- rlstance but I would have at least an idea from conversations with Lino Police officers as to the magnitude of the problem, if one exists. Adding these restrictions will not affect the problem owners. It is likely that they won't even know or care about the ordinance. All it will do is Put restrictions on law abiding dog owners and make it difficult at best to train or exercise their dogs. L respectfully request that they reconsider these two restrictions and instead increase the penalty for owners who will ignore any restrictions. P tease forward my displeasure to the council members. I would also like to hear from them personally regarding what is driving this. Robert Stafki 6 51- 245 -1562 "Carol Danielson" <carol.danielson@ ci.lino- lakes.mn. To