'Dangerous' dog gets a death edict; Shrewsbury board says previous order violated.
Jurisdiction | United States |
Author | Thompson, Elaine |
Date | 10 October 2013 |
Byline: Elaine Thompson
SHREWSBURY -- A dog that had been deemed dangerous in June was ordered to be killed after it bit a man and his dog last month.
The dog, Saydee, a 2-year-old boxer-type dog, is owned by Jeneen Demers of 31 Westmont Road. Ms. Demers, 40, is a special education teacher in Worcester.
In June, selectmen deemed Saydee to be dangerous, and Ms. Demers' then 9-month-old dog, Pesky, also a boxer-type, to be a nuisance, after several residents told selectmen they no longer walk their own dogs on their street because they fear Ms. Demers' two large dogs.
One neighbor said one of the dogs jumped against his bike and tried to bite him on his leg. Another said the dogs enter her yard and have pounced against a large window in an attempt to get at her three small dogs inside.
The board, at the recommendation of Leona Pease, the town animal control officer, imposed an 11-part order for Ms. Demers, including to have the dogs muzzled whenever they...
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