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CoffeexCup t1_iy5ih22 wrote

This article is confusing. The title says “no criminal charges” then the first line says “any further charges” it sounds like she was issued five tickets from the incident and her dog was euthanized.

“Hicks was issued five summonses, including having a dog with no current rabies vaccination and having the dog unrestrained. The Commonwealth Attorney said she’s been fully cooperative during the investigation.”

I’m assuming she has to face a judge for these summons and they aren’t being dropped? We love NBC12’s reporting.

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TGIIR t1_iy6535n wrote

Wow no rabies vaccination? And walking this dog around without a leash? Shock collars be damned as well as electric fences. A dog trainer to,d me if the dog is motivated enough it’ll take the shock.

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Otter_Than_That t1_iy69tns wrote

A family member had an invisible fence around their yard at their farm to keep the dogs from going certain places. Their one lab would just ignore the shock and go wherever they wanted.

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AphidGenocide OP t1_iy5j9w6 wrote

I saw another article that said the same thing. I'm guessing those don't count as criminal charges and are more like parking tickets? That's just a guess.

Again I don't know anything about this situation, but small citations do not seem sufficient for a woman being mauled to death.

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