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Paola resident urges Miami County enforcement after years of alleged dog attacks
Summary
A Miami County resident described repeated dog attacks on her property and asked county officials to enforce local dangerous-dog rules; the sheriff’s office said a formal court finding is required to label an animal 'vicious.'
Sheila Sporey, a Paola-area resident, told the Miami County Board of County Commissioners on April 9 that roaming dogs owned by neighbors have attacked and killed her animals and left her “living in fear.” Sporey said she has reported the animals to the sheriff’s office and that a prior county letter — issued about six years earlier — did not prevent renewed incidents this month.
Sporey said the dogs first became a problem after new neighbors acquired them and…
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