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(120,777 posts) Tue Feb 21, 2017, 02:53 AM Feb 2017

Legislation filed to regulate adoptions, sales of certain dog breeds in Georgia [View all]

Is it a war on dogs? Or dog owners? That is difficult to discern when considering recently filed House Bill 313.

Democrat lawmaker Keisha Waites wants to make it mandatory for dogs owners to provide paperwork and statistics on dog bite frequency and litigation costs during a transfer of ownership – whether it be through sale, adoption, or gift.

The paperwork would include information outlined by the Georgia Department of Health and would be provided online annually, free of charge. While there are loose parameters around the type of information to be provided, Waites specifically calls for the document to include:

any statistics pertaining to injuries to humans caused by dogs which it deems relevant to inform the public of the risks related to dog bites

data from the previous year regarding the reported number of humans bitten by dogs in the United States;

data on the total medical costs related to injuries caused by dogs in the United States

the total amount of damages awarded to victims of dog bites or dog attacks in the United States

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Legislation filed to regulate adoptions, sales of certain dog breeds in Georgia [View all] TexasTowelie Feb 2017 OP

As we know, it's not the pup, it's the owner *sigh* Rhiannon12866 Feb 2017 #1

Knowing Georgia... regnaD kciN Feb 2017 #2

I disagree with anything that makes adopting pets more difficult groundloop Feb 2017 #3