In Scotland, the devolved administration has already tightened dog-control legislation, enabling enforcement officers to impose sanctions on the owners of out-of-control dogs and extending the criminal law on dog control to cover attacks taking place on private property.
The Justice for Jade e-petition calls for the law "to make dog owners accountable".
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More than 2, 000 people have signed the Justice for Jade e-petition, which calls for the law "to make dog owners accountable".
"While we welcome the publication of draft clauses to extend the law to private property - which is a longstanding loophole leaving thousands of dog attack victims without recourse in law - there is still no timetable for the implementation of this change, " said CWU general secretary Billy Hayes.
Abernathy had a previous brush with the law in 1997 when a drug-sniffing dog alerted customs officials at Atlanta's airport.
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"This victory is paramount to preserving our law enforcement officers' ability to use police dog alerts to locate illegal drugs and arrest those who possess them, " said Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.
That is without the ongoing cost of testing poop, or the fact that DNA testing often does not work, and the creation of an entirely new litigation process and resulting body of law devoted to appealing DNA-evidence based dog poop fines.
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Mark Madoff appears to have hung himself in his upscale Manhattan apartment with a black dog leash and was discovered Saturday morning by his father-in-law.
Unions representing postal, utility and delivery staff have long argued for laws to be extended to cover attacks in dog owners' homes, saying this is a "major loophole" in the law and their workers - as well as others - need more protection.
"We fully support the police using technology to combat crime and terrorism, but law-abiding New Yorkers should not end up in a police database every time they walk their dog, go to the doctor, or drive around Manhattan, " Christopher Dunn, associate legal director at the New York Civil Liberty Union, said.
Despite his reputation as one of the most fiscally conservative Blue Dog Democrats -- he voted against and promised to help reform the health care reform law -- Marshall was unable to fend off a 2010 challenge in his Republican-leaning district by Austin Scott, who was backed by the tea party.
The man-bites-dog part of this story is that the judge overseeing the case actually stepped in and sanctioned the law firms for their work.
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Now, only veterinary surgeons are, by law, allowed to dock and only in cases where it is in the best interests of the health of the dog.
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