Fuming!

WolfSoul · #21 10/12/04, 11:07 PM

THis really helped me. My neighbor was in violation of at least 6 Class 6 offences. Yahoo!!!!!! Now, where do I find out about dog laws in TX? I've been searching google and can't find them. Thanks a lot!!!

K

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Originally Posted by elly_may

I agree with consulting an attorney. A person sure doesn't need neighbors like those, but unfortunately we cannot pick them.

Here is a wonderful website, Texas University:

http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/dawson/fence/fnc_menu.htm
(left column has link to livestock laws, then further is by particular state)

quoted from Texas U:
The days of the unregulated open range are long gone in most of America. Instead, modern society has a complicated set of laws to regulate the inter-relationship of livestock, people and property. Most states have a statute that defines what is a "legal fence." If a fence complies with the legal requirements, that protects the livestock owner from liability for damage done by a stray cow. Conversely, if the livestock of a neighbor damages crops, the right of the farmer to be compensated may depend upon whether his property was fenced in by a "legal fence." In other words, some states have "fence your livestock in" laws while others have "fence the livestock of others out" laws. Frequently, a single state will have both kinds of laws and make them available on an option basis by local election.

There are also complicated regulations that speak to the question what are the legal rights and duties of the parties when stray livestock are captured by someone other than the owner. Who may keep them, for how long, and with what responsibility for seeking out the true owner? What happens if the owner cannot be found after a reasonable period of time? Can the "taker up" of the stray force the owner to pay for the care of them?

link to Texas livestock law:
http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/dawson/fence/tx_fnc.htm

WolfSoul · #22 10/12/04, 11:09 PM

Dummy me, I meant Class C offenses...........am I tired or what?

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Originally Posted by WolfSoul

THis really helped me. My neighbor was in violation of at least 6 Class 6 offences. Yahoo!!!!!! Now, where do I find out about dog laws in TX? I've been searching google and can't find them. Thanks a lot!!!

K

debitaber · #23 10/13/04, 06:11 PM

shoot the billy, bury it, keep mouth shut. the end of problem.

ajabj · #24 10/14/04, 09:29 AM

It is a bad situation all the way around.

In my location county wise if a dog is after another dog, cat, etc you can't do anything to the dog. The only means you have to bring a dog down is if the dog has a small child by the throat. Sorry but that is a little late by then. They probably wouldn't say anything about the goat but who knows.

Something the people around here do about roaming dogs since we don't have the right to protect ourselves to a good extent is we call animal control while the animal is out. Not the police, they come out and track the animal down and ask if we know the owners and if so they take the dog in and give it a warning. They also do this when they find cattle out of their pasture or goats. If they don't make appropriate arrangements for the animal they can't get it back. Then after they do and the animal gets out again they keep the animal and sometimes adopt them out, keep them their selves, or do other things with them.

If the police come about it they go to the owner tell them a report isn't filed but if you call animal control over each little instance they then get the proper authorities involved and can even take the owner to court. I have seen this done here over a dog barking in the middle of the day.

Animal control sees that the animals best intersts are taken care of they aren't looking for re-election.

AnnaS · #25 10/14/04, 10:51 AM

[QUOTE=WolfSoul]Now, where do I find out about dog laws in TX? I've been searching google and can't find them.

Google "texas statutes". You'll get a whole heap of zipped documents, just scroll down to the "search" and search for "dog". Most of the dog laws are in Health and Safety.

torade · #26 10/14/04, 05:48 PM

Your name is Wolfsoul so act like you got one!
Next time his goat is in your pasture shoot it, take it to where he can see it, then get some ketchup and get nude. act like your tearing the thing apart with your teeth and howl like a wolf when he comes out show off your bloody face and growl at him.

WolfSoul · #27 10/14/04, 08:08 PM

It'd be my luck it would turn my neighbor on and I'd have a whole other set of problems. :haha:

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Originally Posted by torade

Your name is Wolfsoul so act like you got one!
Next time his goat is in your pasture shoot it, take it to where he can see it, then get some ketchup and get nude. act like your tearing the thing apart with your teeth and howl like a wolf when he comes out show off your bloody face and growl at him.