AR-News: (US CT) Chicken owner gets $18 under dog attack law

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

DURHAM, Conn. -- When a dog broke into Diane Alderete's chicken coop early 
this month and killed four of her pet hens, the town responded with its 
checkbook open.

Alderete received $18 - $4.50 for each chicken - under a 78-year-old 
Connecticut law allowing animal owners to recoup losses from dog attacks.

Though the dog attack occurred on Alderete's property and the dog is believed 
to have been a stray, the law calls for the town to make the payments. The 
town can recover its money if officials determine the owner of the offending 
dogs.


full story:

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/state/hc-18091218.apds.m0724.bc-ct-
-animjan18,0,7642354.story?coll=hc-headlines-local-wire



"The world is a dangerous place,
not because of those who do evil,
but because of those who look on and do nothing.",
Albert Einstein

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Male meat-eaters have a 50% chance of dying of a heart attack. Vegetarian men 
have a 4% risk. US vegetarians have cholesterol levels 14% lower than 
meat-eaters; vegans (those who don't consume meat or dairy products) have levels 35% 
lower. JAMA, 1995;274:894











    
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