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Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-171) and index, Print version record, Why are dog walkers so mad? -- What is behind the sudden clamor for leash laws? -- The inevitable turn to politics -- The land of steady habits? Avon, Connecticut -- San Francisco : the patron saint of animals -- San Francisco's eastern front : dog walkers versus bureaucracy -- All is not quiet on the western front : San Francisco's city politics, The question of whether dogs should be allowed off the leash in public places has become a major political issue in cities and suburbs across the United States. In the last two decades,?leash-law disputes? have burst upon the political scene and have been debated with an intensity usually reserved for such hot-button issues as abortion and gun rights. This book investigates what has changed in American community life, social mores, and the relationship between humans and dogs to provoke such passionate responses. At its heart, the book details and evaluates the handling of three leash-law disputes, all of which were exceedingly divisive and emotionally intense. Two of the cases took place in San Francisco, a city with a reputation as one of the most dog-f

Author

Walsh, Julie M., 1962- author

Publisher

West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781557535757

Subjects

Law, Pets, Political Science