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I <br />BOOK 79 Pa GE 29b <br />Mrs. Ellis emphasized that all dogs bite. When they get <br />angry, they bite, and she felt that it would take a department of <br />200 animal control officers to enforce this ordinance. In <br />conclusion, she stressed that she never saw a dog that she could <br />classify as vicious. <br />Bill Koolage, 815 25th Avenue, noted that he has had 15 dogs <br />during his lifetime and none of them were vicious. They were <br />family dogs, but he believed there are some breeds of dogs that <br />are more aggressive than others, and he urged the Board to enact <br />a strong animal control ordinance since the present ordinance <br />doesn't seem to be working. <br />Bill Kelly, Fellsmere resident, stated that he has lived in <br />Indian River County <br />for <br />14 years <br />and <br />has owned <br />up <br />to 4 <br />dogs at <br />one time. He always <br />has <br />let his <br />dogs <br />ride in <br />the <br />back <br />of his <br />truck and has never had a dog jump out. He felt the main reason <br />Broward County adopted their animal control ordinance is because <br />people down there were raising dogs for fighting purposes. In <br />addition, they have a lot more people and less space to keep dogs <br />down there. He has 5 acres in Fellsmere and it is fenced and <br />wired, -and he would hate to think that he would have to obtain <br />30 <br />