{"id":360,"date":"2008-02-11T14:55:35","date_gmt":"2008-02-11T19:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinbryant.com\/2008\/02\/11\/s-833-anti-tethering-law\/"},"modified":"2008-02-11T14:55:35","modified_gmt":"2008-02-11T19:55:35","slug":"s-833-anti-tethering-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/s-833-anti-tethering-law\/","title":{"rendered":"s. 833 anti tethering law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kevinbryant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/100_1418.JPG\" title=\"100_1418.JPG\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kevinbryant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/100_1418.JPG?resize=1170%2C372\" alt=\"100_1418.JPG\" height=\"372\" style=\"width: 432px; height: 139px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.net\/cgi-bin\/query.exe?first=DOC&amp;querytext=833&amp;category=Legislation&amp;session=117&amp;conid=3493069&amp;result_pos=0&amp;keyval=1170833\">s. 833<\/a>\u00a0which prohibits the tethering (fastening, chaining, or restraining a dog to a stationary object) for more than 3 hours a day (or 6 hours a day on a trolley system). The bill also authorizes local governments to vary these regulations. We must be responsible stewards over God&#8217;s wonderful creation. Hunting, fishing, and taking animals for food are permissible, but mutilation and torture is unquestionably wrong. I will support just sentencing for crimes involving dog fights, hog dog rodeo, cockfighting and similar blood sports.<\/p>\n<p>My daughter has a bichon frise (Sugar on the left) that is attached to a cable in our front yard a few times a day for potty breaks. Believe me Sugar gets better treatment than most children. That dog is spoiled rotten. Sugar sleeps in the bed with her! I&#8217;m not convinced that this legislation will affect many animals receiving good care or will not affect animals receiving bad care while not tethered.<\/p>\n<p>I understand the intentions of the legislation: to crack down on animal cruelty, which I wholeheartedly support. But the specifics of this bill bring up many questions. How is it enforced? Do we provide law enforcement officers with measuring tapes and stop watches? Is the 3 hours a day cumulative measure? Although we currently have animal cruelty penalties in place, this bill will cause us to revisit these statutes. It may be a better approach to leave the specifics up to the law enforcement and courts, but maybe we should put these definitions in the statutes. I&#8217;d love your thoughts on this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>s. 833\u00a0which prohibits the tethering (fastening, chaining, or restraining a dog to a stationary object) for more than 3 hours a day (or 6 hours a day on a trolley system). The bill also authorizes local governments to vary these regulations. We must be responsible stewards over God&#8217;s wonderful creation. 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