Oh yeah, that's another thing. Our dog laws here were exceptionally strict up until recently. The city council changed some wording, but the fact still remains that there are laws to protect animals from neglect and abuse. Under the old dog law if the animal control officer picked up your dog, or if someone took him to the county animal shelter, and IF the owner came to get him, the owner or even the person picking him up would face a misdemeanor charge of Dog at large and be fined $500. This actually backfired and caused more crowded conditions and more euthanasia because people would not go to collect their dogs knowing how much trouble they'd be in. I agree with trying to achieve a more responsible community, but our city council has some pretty idiot policies that have backfired.