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,~ Cen1erville CiV Council MeetiDg Minutes February 26.2003 Council Member Lee commented that the gentlemen kicked the dog, but the lady was bitten and had not provoked the dog. Ms. Wirth commented that the statute states.,"ifthe dog is provoked" and she was provoked. Council Member Broussard ViCkers asked for clarification on the dog being, provoked whether it was the eye contact or Dndi1lg in front ofher house. Ms. Wirth indicated the dog being kicked was the provocation. She then said that the dog barked at them and was kicked. Mayor Sweeney asked if the dog was kicked before the bite. Ms. Wuth indicated the dog was kicked before it bit the woman and the officer was told that. Council Member Paar said he was sorry about the unfortunate circumstances Ms.' W~ bas been experiencing but said that mJl1ring eye contact with a dog should not provoke it to bite. Ms. Wnth indicated the eye contact did not provoke it to bite but the eye Qo.nta<< made the dog run out to the street barking and the man kicking the dog provoked the' blte~' She further commented that she walks around the City and when a dog runs out barking you keep walking 8Jld do not stop and stare at the dog and then kick it. . Council Member Broussard Vickers commented that the dog was not vaccinated. Ms. Wuthindicated the dog was vaccinated as a puppy and was due fOr shots. Council Member Broussard Vickers commented that the dog was also not licensed. Ms. Wuth indicated she had a license that was good for the life of the dog. Council Member Broussard Vickers explained that one license is good for the life of one dog and could nOt be used for all subsequent dogs in the household. Ms. Wnthsaid sh~ understands that now and apologizes. She then said that the dog is licensed andSheh8.S paid a fine for that. Couneil Member Paar asked whether the dog had been tested or observed for rabies. Ms.; Wuth indicated the dog does not have rabies and commented that it lives in her house ane:t sleeps with her children. Council Member Capra said she was sorry for what Ms. Wuth has gone through and she understands, as she lost her mother in September. She then said that her son was the victim of a dog bite from a dog that she never would have questioned and he took the top ofher son's ear of[ She:fbrther commented that the fBet is the dog ran into the street and it bit someone and that, in her opinion, makes it a porenti~y dangerous dog. She then said that whether or not the dog was provoked, the dog did bite someone. Council Member Lee indicated thatkieking the dog could have been in self-defense. Ms. WIrth indicated that state,statute states that the dog can be declared potentially dangerous only if it bites unprovoked. Page 5 of20