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Appleton Board upholds dangerous-animal declaration for dog Alpha, narrows some harboring requirements
Summary
The Appleton City Board of Health upheld a dangerous-animal declaration for a dog known as Alpha after testimony and review of investigative reports, but the board modified certain confinement and signage requirements and will issue a written decision; a related appeal was held to May 13 under a conditional stipulation.
The Appleton City Board of Health on Wednesday upheld a dangerous-animal declaration for a dog identified in the record as Alpha, finding the animal met the city-code definition after testimony from owners and the owner of the bitten dog.
Attorney Berwin, presenting the city’s case, told the board that investigative reports and photographs show Alpha bit another dog, Paisley, in an unprovoked incident and caused a laceration that required stitches and a drainage tube. "Walking down the street is not provocation, period," Attorney Berwin said, arguing the city's code requires only that an animal, when unprovoked, inflicts bodily harm to meet the definition.
Kaylee Pedranzan, who testified under oath as the owner of…
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