FIDO, A New Roosevelt Island Dog Owners Group Being Formed - If An Organgutan Can Keep A Dog Leashed Why Can't You?
Click On Image To EnlargeThere's a new group being formed for Roosevelt Island Dog owners by resident and dog owner Joyce Mincheff. Ms. Mincheff reports:
I’m putting together a new organization on the Island to deal with dog issues. It’ll be called FIDO….Federation of Independent Dog Owners of RI.Fido plans to meet on Saturday June 26, 11:30 AM at the Meditation Steps.
I’ve put together the attached flyer and hope to have a meeting on 6/26 to get it off the ground.
I’m going to place a plastic folder in the dog runs at the north and south sides of the Island (probably on Saturday) to distribute and collect the completed flyers. Might be a good idea if you can make them available on the blog as well.
Earlier this week, there was another incident of an unleashed Roosevelt Island dog resulting in it's owner receiving a summons. According to the 6/6 - 6/7 Roosevelt Island Public Safety report:
Dog Off Leash In Public - PSD officer observed owner with dog off the leash. Officer issued owner a summons.I asked Roosevelt Island Public Safety Director Keith Guerra:
Can you provide any additional details such as where and when this occurred, time of day etc. Was the officer in uniform or plain clothes? Also, is there a fine or some other penalty that goes along with the summons.Mr. Guerra replied:
The Dog Owner received the summons at 8:20pm in front of 888 Main St. for "Dog off leash in public", after she had been previously warned to leash her dog.Take a look at this video. If an orangutan can keep a dog on a leash, so can Roosevelt Island dog owners.
The violation carries a fine between $100-$1000, depending on how many times the offender has been summonsed for the offense.
4 comments :
At 8 pm Saturday my wife and I walked by the soccer field in front of Riverwalk and noticed a couple playing with an unleashed dog in spite of the clearly posted sign on East Rd. We also noticed a PSD car but doubt it would have seen the field from the street.
Well, did you call PSD? They can't be expected to see everything from the vehicle, but if you call them, I'm sure they'll respond.
IF PSD cannot be expected to see everything from their cars maybe we should have more food patrols
rather than more PSD booths
Did anyone happen to notice how much off-leash time the dog that bonded with the orangutan had?
And as to the dog off-leash on the field..... was it biting someone? Was it creating a nuisance? Don't you folks think there are far more important problems to deal with?
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