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Subject: Perspectives on Tethering

USDA - United States Department of Agriculture: From the Federal Register Vol. 1, No. 68 (July 2, 1996): "Our experience in enforcing the Animal Welfare Act has led us to conclude continuous confinement of dogs by tether is inhumane. A tether significantly restricts the dog's movement. A tether can also become tangled around or hooked on the dog's shelter structure, or other objects, further restricting the dog's movement and potentially causing injury."

Scientific Study from the study Which Dogs Bite, A Case Control of Risk Factors: "Our findings that being chained in a yard may be a risk factor for biting in agreement with prior studies which have demonstrated that chained dogs account for a substantial portion of serious and fatal bites."

AVMA - American Veterinary Medical Association -From press releases dated May 17, 2002 and May 5, 2003 for National Bite Prevention Week: "Never tether or chain your dog because this can contribute to aggressive behavior."

  HSUS - Humane Society of the Untied States: From the Chaining and Tethering Dogs fact sheet - "The practice (of chaining and tethering dogs) is both inhumane and a threat and safety of the confined dogs, other animals and humans."

ASPCA - American Society of the Prevention and Cruelty of Animals: From the Web article Phresh Air Phydeaux - " A dog who is kept outside experiences social isolation. He may engage in excessive howling and barking in an attempt to reunite with his pack."

AHA - American Humane Association: (*The Mission of the American Humane Association is "to prevent cruelty, abuse, neglect and exploitation of children and animals and to ensure that their interest and well -being are fully, effectively, and humanely guaranteed by an aware and caring society.") "Tethering or chaining dogs makes them feel vulnerable and increases their aggression."

Karen Delise - (Licensed Veterinary Technician and Author) from the book Fatal Attacks Behind the Statistics: "Chaining a dog is arguably the most dangerous condition in which to maintain a dog. Statistically, chained dogs are more dangerous than free- running packs of dogs."

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