By Josh Shafferjshaffer@newsobserver.com
Posted: Friday, Jan. 02, 2009
RALEIGH Inside Wake County's animal shelter, a 40-pound boxer named Honey awaits a possible death sentence....
An appeal is pending, which could spare Honey. Still, her family says the dog's fate is not only unjust, but a surprise. The family had no idea the dog had been declared dangerous, nor had it even met one of the reported bite victims, owner Connie Inggs said.
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RALEIGH Inside Wake County's animal shelter, a 40-pound boxer named Honey awaits a possible death sentence....
An appeal is pending, which could spare Honey. Still, her family says the dog's fate is not only unjust, but a surprise. The family had no idea the dog had been declared dangerous, nor had it even met one of the reported bite victims, owner Connie Inggs said.
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As the Inggs and their animal law attorney Calley Gerber are finding out, this is how dangerous dog cases are frequently handled throughout the U.S. Imho, you get more due process for a technical violation of a building code in most counties than you get for the permanent deprivation of what most people consider to be a member of their families.