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Dog Attack In King County? Expect Delays From Animal Control.

Facing enormous budget problems as well as a mandate to step up actions to protect abused and neglected animals, King County Animal Control is struggling to protect dog bite victims, respond to dog attacks, and protect Seattle residents from dangerous and aggressive dogs. A recent investigative piece in the Seattle Times shows just how poorly animal control has been responding to dangerous and vicious dogs – even those that have already attacked humans.

While animal control officers are responding almost immediately to reports of animal abuse or neglect, reports of vicious dogs may go months before any action is taken. For example, in 2008, a man was attacked by two pit bulls and required 40 stitches on his arms. Although the man called 911 to have the dangerous dogs removed, animal control didn’t respond until the next day – when the dogs had been moved by their owners. In Kent this year, it took animal control four months to respond to an aggressive animal call that left a 13-year-old mauled in the arm. In Bellevue, a woman reported a neighbor’s dog had bitten her on the leg – by the time animal control responded, the neighbor had given the dog away online.

At the same time, sick and injured pets are being picked up immediately and the kennel’s conditions have improved dramatically. Unfortunately, although conditions have improved for the animals, it is at the cost of animal control’s ability to keep dangerous dogs off of the Seattle streets. In the end, King County seems to lack the funds to do both.

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