CINCINNATI (WXIX) – Dog wardens in Hamilton County say a pair of dogs that had been loose in Delhi were returned to their owner on Wednesday after they were seen attacking a stray cat that later died.
Lieutenant Brandon Henry explained on Thursday that the owner is facing a few charges.
“She was cited for two counts of failure to confine, two counts of failure to display and two counts of dangerous dogs,” he said.
He explained that the “dangerous dog” will last for the animals’ entire lives. It requires the owner to get a license to own the dogs, and they will need to comply with stricter leash laws.
The owner has 14 days to become compliant. If found to be in violation of those new restrictions, the dog will be surrendered.
“It was unfortunate, we all love our animals, but there’s certain things the law says we have to do,” Lt. Henry said. “So she was cited for everything we could cite her for because those dogs allegedly did a lot of things that we can’t necessarily have proof of.”
Neighbors tell FOX 19 that the dogs have been loose before. They shared video of them in their backyard in May and again last week.
Lt. Henry said that the owner has been compliant. He said that she filed a missing animal report at the first opportunity and has owned up to her charges.
“The owner took full responsibility, she was aware those were her dogs,” he said. “She didn’t try to avoid anything. She did the right thing.”
FOX 19 spoke with the owner who didn’t want to speak on camera, but did share that she took responsibility and expressed “deep remorse for anyone that might have been hurt by [her] dogs.”
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