Winston County - 6/7/08 - The Winston County Board of Supervisors heard from almost a dozen citizens with about 50 in attendance at a public hearing on the need for a dog ordinance in the county. "We are here to find out what kind of ordinance if any best fits the needs of the citizens," said Winston County Board Attorney Hugh Hathorn. Hathorn reviewed for the crowd many of the state statues dealing with nuisance and vicious dogs denoting in many cases the property owner did have a right to kill any dog chasing or harming livestock. Most of the attendees voiced a common theme that vicious and stray dogs should be addressed in the county. One citizen noted that dogs had killed his cow and calf and while state statues allowed him to shoot the dog if caught in such an act that he was concerned that shooting the dogs may further strain his tenuous relationship with his neighbor who owned the dogs. Winston County Supervisor for District 1 and Board president Jerry Estes noted to the crowd that they were seeking information and the will of the people on ways to address the problem.
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HB1364 - AN ACT making it a crime to have the custody or possession of
certain vicious animals or dogs, unless certain requirements designed to protect
the public are met; to revise certain crimes related to animal cruelty; to
exempt from the provisions of this act certain activities involving animals; to
allow for the seizure of certain animals that are in immediate danger because
of a natural disaster or emergency; to amend sections 41-53-11 AND 97-41-1,
97-41-2, 97-41-3, 97-41-5, 97-41-7, 97-41-9, 97-41-11, 97-41-13, 97-41-17,
97-41-19, 97-41-21 AND 97-41-23, Mississippi Code of 1972, in conformity
thereto, to amend section 97-41-18, Mississippi Code of 1972, to remove the July 1,
2008, repealer on the law creating the crime of conducting a fight between a
canine and a hog, and for related purposes.
