RE: [FriendsofWardAcresPark] Scout Field Problems a Lot Like Ward Acres Problems

[Dennis C. During]

Scout Field IS the County park that straddles the Bronx River where Yonkers, Mount Vernon, and Bronxville meet.  Bronxville police, who are often in the Park, do not have the authority to give tickets for violations of the County Facilities Law, which includes the law against "dogs at large", except within the village limits of Bronxville.  The Yonkers and Mount Vernon police have similar jurisdictional limits.  "At large" is interpreted as meaning not being on a leash of six feet or less in length (held by a human or, possibly, tied to something).  "Alfredo Field" is another park in Bronxville where dogs are often off-leash, but not legally.

 

Please remember that there are only a handful of places (fenced-in dog runs) where dogs are allowed off leash at ANY time.  Westchester County Parks does not have any dog runs.

 

I think we need to warn would-be residents of Westchester that few jurisdictions in Westchester are at all dog-friendly.  They may think they are moving to a suburb where Lassie can run free, but they are wrong.

 

Furthermore, I believe that it is increasingly clear that it is irresponsible for people to adopt medium-to-large size dogs and house them in a county that has no place for them to be healthy.  Perhaps there are some people who are rich enough to afford the space sufficient for a dog to run off-leash and perhaps there are some folks who can run fast enough to give their dogs exercise.  But the rest of us Westchester residents should give up our hopes to share in the thirty-thousand-year-old link with canis familiaris.

 

 

Dennis C. During

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-----Original Message-----
From: FriendsofWa...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FriendsofWa...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Sonia Solorzano
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 3:56 PM
To: FriendsofWa...@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [FriendsofWardAcresPark] LVW meeting at Library Fri Feb 16

Hello - which one is Scout Field? I used to take my dog to this park in Bronxville last year where the cops never bothered anyone. I mean, they would see dogs there running around and they never said anything. The only reason why I stopped going there really is because for 1 is too far away for me (I'm in WP) and 2 my dog got this rash after going there, but my vet said that it could have been some kind of weed plant, insect, anything really and he had an allergic reaction.  Anyway, this park is right by the train tracks, I mean you could see them and hear them. And there is this pond-like there in the back - Is this the one you guys are talking about?

 

Thanks!

Sonia

 

On 2/23/07, scoutzil...@aol.com <scoutzil...@aol.com > wrote:

hi, i just found out the reason they are cracking down at scout field again is the dog poop.... mr. Pinto (who is running the planning down there) was there with a dog  and he saw some dog poop, he asked them to pick it up  and the person said no and walked away---its cuz of people like this that we have problems   jo

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