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Residents urge stronger animal-control rules after dog attacks in Ridgeway
Fairfield County Council · December 9, 2025
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Summary
Public commenters described recent dog attacks in Ridgeway and criticized slow responses and county adoption screening; a councilmember said she has raised the issue with the county administrator and Ridgeway officials and urged improvements.
Rose Worth, a Ridgeway resident, told Fairfield County Council that on Aug. 30 a pit bull broke into a home at 130 North Dogwood and attacked her pugs, and that it took more than an hour for the sheriffanimal-control staff to respond. "The vet says that we're lucky that he's alive," Worth said, describing serious injuries…
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