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Author Walsh, Julie M., 1962- author.

Title Unleashed fury : the political struggle for dog-friendly parks / Julie Walsh
Published West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 202 pages) : illustrations
Series New directions in the human-animal bond
New directions in the human-animal bond.
Contents Why are dog walkers so mad? -- What is behind the sudden clamor for leash laws? -- The inevitable turn to politics -- The land of steady habits? Avon, Connecticut -- San Francisco : the patron saint of animals -- San Francisco's eastern front : dog walkers versus bureaucracy -- All is not quiet on the western front : San Francisco's city politics
Summary The question of whether dogs should be allowed off the leash in public places has become a major political issue in cities and suburbs across the United States. In the last two decades,?leash-law disputes? have burst upon the political scene and have been debated with an intensity usually reserved for such hot-button issues as abortion and gun rights. This book investigates what has changed in American community life, social mores, and the relationship between humans and dogs to provoke such passionate responses. At its heart, the book details and evaluates the handling of three leash-law disputes, all of which were exceedingly divisive and emotionally intense. Two of the cases took place in San Francisco, a city with a reputation as one of the most dog-friendly in the United States until 2001?2002, when officials curtailed off-leash walking. The other case study occurred in 1998 in Avon?a wealthy suburb of Hartford, Connecticut,?when town officials unilaterally imposed a leash law at a popular off-leash park. This book is not only a revealing study of Americans? conflicted attitudes toward animals and the difficult balance between individual rights and the public good in our communities. It is also a useful source of information for both dog owners and local government officials who are faced with leash-law disagreements
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-171) and index
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Subject Dogs -- Law and legislation -- Political aspects -- United States
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
LAW -- Civil Law.
United States.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781612491875
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9781612491868
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9781283101974
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