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A decision on a vicious dog hearing, human services funding approval, and three other takeaways from Monday's selectboard meeting | News


A lengthy May 3 Town of Essex Selectboard meeting included a state-mandated vicious dog hearing.
The hearing came at the request of resident Shannon Oborne who had been attacked by a German Shepherd at her Autumn Pond Way apartment building April 25; she then submitted a complaint to the selectboard the following day. Vermont statute says a municipality must, with seven days of receiving the complaint, investigate the charges and hold a hearing on it.
The statute further reads, “If the domestic pet or wolf-hybrid is found to have bitten the victim without provocation, the municipal officials shall make such order for the protection of persons as the facts and circumstances of the case may require, including, without limitation, that the domestic pet or wolf-hybrid is disposed of in a humane way, muzzled, chained, or confined.” ....

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