CINCINNATI (WKRC) – Ohio lawmakers are advocating for tougher penalties on negligent dog owners following a series of vicious dog attacks, including one in the Tri-State. The proposed legislation aims to empower dog wardens to intervene more effectively and prevent future incidents.
Beth Ward, Hamilton County dog warden, expressed frustration with current laws.
“My dog can go out and cause grievous injury and harm or even death to a person, and there’s not a lot of impact for the dog owner and there should be,” she said. “The way the laws are currently written around dangerous animals, vicious dogs, et cetera, is we can’t just go and necessarily remove that dog from that property because it has bitten someone,” she said…