Join the fight against neglectful owners of vicious dogs. Unprovoked attacks need to stop.
The Issue
View the story here: https://abc7ny.com/dog-attack-upper-east-side-toy-poodle-killed-manhattan/13619288/
A major component of pet ownership is the responsibility to provide not only food, shelter, and companionship but training and education so that the dog, just like a child, learns appropriate behavior.
New York City does not enforce certain dog laws, such as owner accountability in unprovoked dog-on-dog attacks. Thus, dogs can continually attack and kill other dogs without the owners being forced to cover medical and vet expenses, attend obedience training, muzzling their dog when in public spaces, neutering, or maintaining an insurance policy on their dog. THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE. With so many dogs sharing spaces in the city and its boroughs, pet safety and owner accountability must become a priority.
*New York State Agriculture and Markets Law Section 121 imposes penalties and controls on the owners of dogs who have attacked or threatened to attack.
By statute, the penalties on the owner of a pet who has attacked can range from a fine to the possibility of one year in jail.
If a dog attacks or threatens to attack people or other pets, NY Law states hearings can be allotted. Finding a dog “dangerous” in a hearing allows the court to force owners to take action in an attempt to make sure the dog interacts safely with others. The court can request a variety of actions for the pet including:
-Requesting that the dog to be leashed or muzzled at all times in a public area,
-Requesting the owners to confine the pet (by fencing it, etc.) for a specific amount of time,
-Having the dog trained,
-Maintaining an insurance policy on the dog in case of future attack.
NYC, it is time to adhere to the LAW!
So many dogs are injured and killed due to irresponsible dog owners, and I am sure people are as well.
BABY'S LAW aims to enforce that victims of such incidents be granted a 'Dangerous Dog Hearings' so that owners are held accountable for their dogs. Dogs no longer should be valued as "property" and criminal charges must be given out. Dogs are family members not disposable pieces of property; their lives and safety must be taken into consideration. Since they cannot defend themselves, it is us who must act as their voice!
On August 4, 2023, during a leashed walk on the UES of NYC my friend’s toy poodle was killed in an unprovoked dog attack right before her birthday and their two-year anniversary together.
I have received multiple messages from people who have found themselves in a similar situation and feel completely helpless. They have lost their dogs or have paid thousands out of pocket for veterinary care after an unprovoked attack.
A Manhattan bookstore known by some as a neighborhood gem has become a shop of horrors for local dog owners after the storekeeper’s German shepherds mauled at least four other pups — one so badly it was put down last week.
La Libaire des Enfants, a French language children’s bookstore on the Upper East Side, is home to five German shepherds including a 98-pound white dog named Syko (Physco) who charged a toy poodle last week, according to the New York Times.
Akiba Tripp was walking her seven-pound poodle Baby past the store on Friday when the shopkeeper opened the front door and Syko ran out and lunged at Baby — grabbing her in his mouth and breaking her spine, the woman told the newspaper.
“All of a sudden the door opens, a woman walks out, and two large dogs just bum-rushed us,” Tripp said.”[Syko] had my dog literally within his mouth.”
Bystanders rushed over to help pry Skyo off of Baby, but it was too late.
Baby, a 2-year-old toy poodle, was euthanized following the attack.
Facebook/Akiba Tripp
“Finally my dog was able to break free, but she couldn’t move — there was blood everywhere,” Tripp said.
She was forced to euthanize Baby that evening and now Syko’s owner and shopkeeper Lynda Hudson, 58, told the Times she plans to keep her dogs at her home in Westchester County full time.
“My dog is dead,” Tripp, a personal trainer to affluent clients in the area, said to the newspaper. “Those dogs should have been away a long time before.”
La Libaire des Enfants on the Upper East Side.
William Miller
Baby was at least the fourth dog attacked by the German shepherds of La Libaire des Enfants in recent months, according to the outlet.
Syko and two of his siblings attacked a next-door neighbor’s dog on May 3. Julia Schafer said her husband walked out of their building with their small collie mix Tarsila when she was also grabbed by Syko.
“The white one bit her and held onto her,” Schafer said to the Times, adding that the pooch needed surgery.
Four days later, Hudson’s dogs mauled a pair of small pups — a Cavachon named Chloe and a Malitpoo named Muppet — walking by.
“Next thing I know this big white dog had my dog in her mouth,” Chloe’s owner, Laurie Davis, told the newspaper. “I’m screaming at the top of my lungs.”
Bookstore neighbor Julia Schafer’s dog Tarsila was bitten by Syko in May.
Another dog bit Muppet’s face.
Chloe required surgery and her vet bill came out to $6,000 which Hudson said she would pay, according to the Times.
Davis sued Hudson in small claims court and reported the attack first to the police and then to the city health department’s animal bite unit.
Akiba Tripp was walking her seven-pound poodle Baby past the store on Friday when the pooch was attacked.
The bite unit told her that Hudson claimed the dogs had never attacked before and were moving out of the city in a few days — so no disciplinary action was taken.
“The owner of this store and the cafe next to it truly make it hard to be a dog owner in this neighborhood,” one reviewer wrote about two months ago. “They have [five] untrained, highly aggressive German shepherds always in the store and I am afraid and uncomfortable to walk past with my small dogs. When passing by, the dogs lunge at the doors and windows and it’s usually followed by the owner screaming profanities.”
One neighbor said they wouldn’t even walk on that side of the street.
“They have really frightening dogs. I live on the block and avoid that side of the street with my dog and with my kids,” David N wrote on Yelp in June. “They can barely control them.”
Another person said the dogs jumped against the glass windows as she walked by with her 10-pound Yorkie.
“As we were passing by this shop, few German Shepards started barking, slamming to the glass windows covered in black plastic garbage bags,” Bella M wrote on Yelp in May. “Then I see this nasty woman shouting in French, waving her hands to take my dog elsewhere!”
A major component of pet ownership is the responsibility to provide not only food, shelter, and companionship but training and education so that the dog, just like a child, learns appropriate behavior.
New York City does not enforce certain dog laws, such as owner accountability in unprovoked dog-on-dog attacks. Thus, dogs can continually attack and kill other dogs without the owners being forced to cover medical and vet expenses, attend obedience training, muzzling their dog when in public spaces, neutering, or maintaining an insurance policy on their dog. THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE. With so many dogs sharing spaces in the city and its boroughs, pet safety and owner accountability must become a priority.
*New York State Agriculture and Markets Law Section 121 imposes penalties and controls on the owners of dogs who have attacked or threatened to attack.
By statute, the penalties on the owner of a pet who has attacked can range from a fine to the possibility of one year in jail.
If a dog attacks or threatens to attack people or other pets, NY Law states hearings can be allotted. Finding a dog “dangerous” in a hearing allows the court to force owners to take action in an attempt to make sure the dog interacts safely with others. The court can request a variety of actions for the pet including:
-Requesting that the dog to be leashed or muzzled at all times in a public area,
-Requesting the owners to confine the pet (by fencing it, etc.) for a specific amount of time,
-Having the dog trained,
-Maintaining an insurance policy on the dog in case of future attack.
NYC, it is time to adhere to the LAW!
So many dogs are injured and killed due to irresponsible dog owners, and I am sure people are as well.
BABY'S LAW aims to enforce that victims of such incidents be granted a 'Dangerous Dog Hearings' so that owners are held accountable for their dogs. Dogs no longer should be valued as "property" and criminal charges must be given out. Dogs are family members not disposable pieces of property; their lives and safety must be taken into consideration. Since they cannot defend themselves, it is us who must act as their voice!
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The Issue
View the story here: https://abc7ny.com/dog-attack-upper-east-side-toy-poodle-killed-manhattan/13619288/
A major component of pet ownership is the responsibility to provide not only food, shelter, and companionship but training and education so that the dog, just like a child, learns appropriate behavior.
New York City does not enforce certain dog laws, such as owner accountability in unprovoked dog-on-dog attacks. Thus, dogs can continually attack and kill other dogs without the owners being forced to cover medical and vet expenses, attend obedience training, muzzling their dog when in public spaces, neutering, or maintaining an insurance policy on their dog. THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE. With so many dogs sharing spaces in the city and its boroughs, pet safety and owner accountability must become a priority.
*New York State Agriculture and Markets Law Section 121 imposes penalties and controls on the owners of dogs who have attacked or threatened to attack.
By statute, the penalties on the owner of a pet who has attacked can range from a fine to the possibility of one year in jail.
If a dog attacks or threatens to attack people or other pets, NY Law states hearings can be allotted. Finding a dog “dangerous” in a hearing allows the court to force owners to take action in an attempt to make sure the dog interacts safely with others. The court can request a variety of actions for the pet including:
-Requesting that the dog to be leashed or muzzled at all times in a public area,
-Requesting the owners to confine the pet (by fencing it, etc.) for a specific amount of time,
-Having the dog trained,
-Maintaining an insurance policy on the dog in case of future attack.
NYC, it is time to adhere to the LAW!
So many dogs are injured and killed due to irresponsible dog owners, and I am sure people are as well.
BABY'S LAW aims to enforce that victims of such incidents be granted a 'Dangerous Dog Hearings' so that owners are held accountable for their dogs. Dogs no longer should be valued as "property" and criminal charges must be given out. Dogs are family members not disposable pieces of property; their lives and safety must be taken into consideration. Since they cannot defend themselves, it is us who must act as their voice!
On August 4, 2023, during a leashed walk on the UES of NYC my friend’s toy poodle was killed in an unprovoked dog attack right before her birthday and their two-year anniversary together.
I have received multiple messages from people who have found themselves in a similar situation and feel completely helpless. They have lost their dogs or have paid thousands out of pocket for veterinary care after an unprovoked attack.
A Manhattan bookstore known by some as a neighborhood gem has become a shop of horrors for local dog owners after the storekeeper’s German shepherds mauled at least four other pups — one so badly it was put down last week.
La Libaire des Enfants, a French language children’s bookstore on the Upper East Side, is home to five German shepherds including a 98-pound white dog named Syko (Physco) who charged a toy poodle last week, according to the New York Times.
Akiba Tripp was walking her seven-pound poodle Baby past the store on Friday when the shopkeeper opened the front door and Syko ran out and lunged at Baby — grabbing her in his mouth and breaking her spine, the woman told the newspaper.
“All of a sudden the door opens, a woman walks out, and two large dogs just bum-rushed us,” Tripp said.”[Syko] had my dog literally within his mouth.”
Bystanders rushed over to help pry Skyo off of Baby, but it was too late.
Baby, a 2-year-old toy poodle, was euthanized following the attack.
Facebook/Akiba Tripp
“Finally my dog was able to break free, but she couldn’t move — there was blood everywhere,” Tripp said.
She was forced to euthanize Baby that evening and now Syko’s owner and shopkeeper Lynda Hudson, 58, told the Times she plans to keep her dogs at her home in Westchester County full time.
“My dog is dead,” Tripp, a personal trainer to affluent clients in the area, said to the newspaper. “Those dogs should have been away a long time before.”
La Libaire des Enfants on the Upper East Side.
William Miller
Baby was at least the fourth dog attacked by the German shepherds of La Libaire des Enfants in recent months, according to the outlet.
Syko and two of his siblings attacked a next-door neighbor’s dog on May 3. Julia Schafer said her husband walked out of their building with their small collie mix Tarsila when she was also grabbed by Syko.
“The white one bit her and held onto her,” Schafer said to the Times, adding that the pooch needed surgery.
Four days later, Hudson’s dogs mauled a pair of small pups — a Cavachon named Chloe and a Malitpoo named Muppet — walking by.
“Next thing I know this big white dog had my dog in her mouth,” Chloe’s owner, Laurie Davis, told the newspaper. “I’m screaming at the top of my lungs.”
Bookstore neighbor Julia Schafer’s dog Tarsila was bitten by Syko in May.
Another dog bit Muppet’s face.
Chloe required surgery and her vet bill came out to $6,000 which Hudson said she would pay, according to the Times.
Davis sued Hudson in small claims court and reported the attack first to the police and then to the city health department’s animal bite unit.
Akiba Tripp was walking her seven-pound poodle Baby past the store on Friday when the pooch was attacked.
The bite unit told her that Hudson claimed the dogs had never attacked before and were moving out of the city in a few days — so no disciplinary action was taken.
“The owner of this store and the cafe next to it truly make it hard to be a dog owner in this neighborhood,” one reviewer wrote about two months ago. “They have [five] untrained, highly aggressive German shepherds always in the store and I am afraid and uncomfortable to walk past with my small dogs. When passing by, the dogs lunge at the doors and windows and it’s usually followed by the owner screaming profanities.”
One neighbor said they wouldn’t even walk on that side of the street.
“They have really frightening dogs. I live on the block and avoid that side of the street with my dog and with my kids,” David N wrote on Yelp in June. “They can barely control them.”
Another person said the dogs jumped against the glass windows as she walked by with her 10-pound Yorkie.
“As we were passing by this shop, few German Shepards started barking, slamming to the glass windows covered in black plastic garbage bags,” Bella M wrote on Yelp in May. “Then I see this nasty woman shouting in French, waving her hands to take my dog elsewhere!”
A major component of pet ownership is the responsibility to provide not only food, shelter, and companionship but training and education so that the dog, just like a child, learns appropriate behavior.
New York City does not enforce certain dog laws, such as owner accountability in unprovoked dog-on-dog attacks. Thus, dogs can continually attack and kill other dogs without the owners being forced to cover medical and vet expenses, attend obedience training, muzzling their dog when in public spaces, neutering, or maintaining an insurance policy on their dog. THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE. With so many dogs sharing spaces in the city and its boroughs, pet safety and owner accountability must become a priority.
*New York State Agriculture and Markets Law Section 121 imposes penalties and controls on the owners of dogs who have attacked or threatened to attack.
By statute, the penalties on the owner of a pet who has attacked can range from a fine to the possibility of one year in jail.
If a dog attacks or threatens to attack people or other pets, NY Law states hearings can be allotted. Finding a dog “dangerous” in a hearing allows the court to force owners to take action in an attempt to make sure the dog interacts safely with others. The court can request a variety of actions for the pet including:
-Requesting that the dog to be leashed or muzzled at all times in a public area,
-Requesting the owners to confine the pet (by fencing it, etc.) for a specific amount of time,
-Having the dog trained,
-Maintaining an insurance policy on the dog in case of future attack.
NYC, it is time to adhere to the LAW!
So many dogs are injured and killed due to irresponsible dog owners, and I am sure people are as well.
BABY'S LAW aims to enforce that victims of such incidents be granted a 'Dangerous Dog Hearings' so that owners are held accountable for their dogs. Dogs no longer should be valued as "property" and criminal charges must be given out. Dogs are family members not disposable pieces of property; their lives and safety must be taken into consideration. Since they cannot defend themselves, it is us who must act as their voice!
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Petition created on August 10, 2023