{"id":250,"date":"2006-03-13T20:36:23","date_gmt":"2006-03-14T01:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/index.php\/?p=250"},"modified":"2020-01-02T12:00:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T17:00:57","slug":"dog-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/index.php\/dog-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog sense"},"content":{"rendered":"

After someone gets bitten by a dog — especially if the incident is a lurid one — communities often demand their lawmakers act. Sometimes, legislators respond by outlawing certain breeds of dog within their jurisdiction. But is that a wise tactic? Probably not. Here’s a post<\/a> I put up on the subject; it has a link to a New Yorker<\/em> story on the subject by Malcolm Gladwell, who writes that the strongest predictor that a dog will become dangerous is not the dog’s breed, but the choices and behavior of the dog’s owner.<\/p>\n

Now Oregon has passed legislation that apparently avoids banning breeds, while strengthening penalties for people whose dogs bite someone. This is the only article that I can find on it, though, so I’m not sure what the law’s exact wording is. If anyone knows more, drop me a link by email or in the comments, okay? Thanks :-)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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