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`I <br />FEB 2 0 1990 BOOK 7 9 F,1G,c r <br />declared vicious in a shorter time, and Attorney Brennan <br />explained that there isn't any provision for that under the <br />current ordinance, but if there was a real concern about a <br />dangerous dog, we might be able to take that particular case into <br />the court system and see if we could get some sort of an <br />injunction. <br />Commissioner Scurlock asked how many dogs were declared <br />vicious last year, and Attorney Brennan advised that we declared <br />two dogs as dangerous through the Code Enforcement Board. <br />Commissioner Bird felt that if a dog leaves its particular <br />yard or home and goes down the street and makes an unprovoked <br />attack on a person or another animal, there has to be a shorter <br />process for determining that dog to be vicious. He didn't feel <br />we have to wait a year and a half for it to do it again or kill <br />somebody before we can actually determine it vicious. <br />Emergency Management Director Doug Wright explained that <br />after such an occurrence as Commissioner Bird described, there <br />remains a clear and present danger to other people in the -neigh- <br />borhood, and the Animal Control Dept. would take prompt and <br />remedial action to at least secure the dog until the vicious dog <br />determination has been made. That is the process to be followed. <br />We have got to have some method to protect the public. We can't <br />wait until a child or adult is killed in this community. <br />Commissioner Bird hoped that the ordinance gives us that <br />power and latitude, and Director Wright believed there are some <br />other State statutes that also give us that power. <br />Commissioner Scurlock referred to item (9) on page 4 of the <br />ordinance which says that it shall be unlawful for any operator <br />of a motor vehicle to allow an animal to ride in any unenclosed <br />section of that vehicle without enclosing the animal in a cage <br />that is secured to the vehicle, which cage shall provide shade <br />and ventilation for the animal at all times. He would like this <br />item to be a little more liberal, and suggested that instead of <br />25 <br />