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� � Page 1 af 1 <br />��� -�� �� -� <br />�riscoll, Margaret <br />� <br />From: Mary Beth Hess �sistermb@corncast.net] <br />Se�t: Monday, March 21, 2005 10:13 AM <br />To: carol,sletner@ci.roseville.mn.us; city.council@ci.rosevilf�:.m€�.us <br />Subject: Vicious Animal Issue <br />I am pleased to see that RosevilEe is addressing the issue of how to deal with animal attacics and vicinus animals <br />in aur Gity. <br />I was a#tacked by a German shepherd on Memorial Day af 2004. 1 was walking on the walking-path around <br />McCarron's Lake during the day. This dog came out of its yard and lunged at rr�e severai times. It only retreated <br />af�er I had walked a few houses away fram the dog's home. It returned to its yard. E was very fortunate. My rain <br />coat was punctured in several places and tarn in the bacK. He only bit me once. But he was definitely vicious <br />and off leash. ! ended up in ihe hospi#al emergency room, but I don't believe 1 s�siained any permanerst injuries. <br />[magine my dismay a�ter I caflec[ the Roseville Police. The homeowners were allowed to keep the dog in their <br />home, in my neighborhood. They merely needed to "quarantine" i� for ten days, because noone had e�er filed a <br />police report abouf ihis dog. I later learned tha� the dag had threatened several °runners" or "walk�rs" trying to <br />get by this hous�. The son of the owner alsa told me thai the dog bit a runner before, but because she had not <br />reported it to the polic�, it was like it never happened. They have a fenced in yard......the dag g�t out. <br />The dog awner was issued two cita#ions: One was for ha�ing a"Vicious Animal" and o�te for havir�g a"C}og Off <br />Leash." She recenfly p[eac! guilty to both of these counts. She got a$160 fine and has to pay my medical <br />bills. She also fegally gets to keep the dog. My cancern is nat r�edessarily about recouping my medical bills. I <br />want vicious anirnals to t�e dealt with more seriously in Raseuiile. An animal like this shouldr�'t be aliowed to stay <br />in our City. It shouldn't be allowed �o stay in ANY city. What if this animal had attacked a child in a stroller? They <br />may nat have been so fortu�ate as I was. <br />I hope you will cons€der this case when yau reeval�aate the situation in Rosevifle regarding animals. i would lo�e <br />to present this to the council, and wi[E at the meeting tonight, March 21, if I am abie to get off work by the time it is <br />presented. Otherwise, please consider these facts as I have stated. <br />Respec#fully submitted, <br />Mary Beth Hess <br />651-4$8-8490 <br />3/21/20fl5 <br />