PATCH reports:
The Maplewood Board of Health, made up of the members of the
Township Committee, decided not to pursue an ordinance giving the
department authority to order muzzles on aggressive dogs.
During a Board meeting on Sept. 3, the Board decided to drop the
ordinance.
Health Officer Robert Roe (whose department is in charge of animal
control in Maplewood) previously explained that Maplewood has
situations from time to time where dogs are aggressive towards others
dogs or people. The state has laws on the books under Title IV
against “potentially dangerous” and “vicious” dogs, but the
process of classifying a dog as such is not unlike a criminal trial,
according to Roe, in which the burden of proof is on the township.
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