Marty
10-07-2005, 12:52 PM
Yarmouthport, MA -- David Tarr's pit bull Hydro, whom Dennis selectmen ordered destroyed on July 14, has been moved to a new home in Sandwich.
The Animal Inn has agreed to keep Hydro in a kennel at its facility on Route 130 in Forestdale. After more than three months of care behind Dennis Police Headquarters and Tarr's two appeals to spare his life, the pit bull that plagued Dennisport neighborhoods when it repeatedly escaped from Tarr's property on Indian Chief Lane has left Dennis.
"I loaded Hydro into my van last Thursday," Cheryl Malone, Dennis animal control officer, said Monday. "David Tarr was there, but I didn't need his help. When Hydro gets to know people, he's better." Malone then drove Hydro to the Animal Inn, where manager Jim Shea took over his care.
Shea refused to comment when contacted by The Register.
Malone said the $18 per day charge to board Hydro will be Tarr's responsibility. "He told me he is investigating filing one more appeal with Barnstable Superior Court," Malone said. "Nov. 8 will be [the alotted] 60 days he's allowed to appeal the Orleans District Court's decision. if he waits the 60 days before filing his appeal, he will owe the Animal Inn more than $700 plus the bill for boarding at the Dennis Police Station. That bill is for food and for my overtime hours caring for Hydro."
Malone has not been contacted by anyone willing to take the pit bull. "I haven't heard from David Tarr's attorney, either, so we're just waiting to see what he will do," she said.
If and when Tarr surrenders his dog, it will be euthanized humanely by a person certified in euthanasia protocol. "Either a veterinarian or a person who works with an animal shelter charged with that task will do it," Malone said. "I would be present."
http://www2.townonline.com/barnstable/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=340439
The Animal Inn has agreed to keep Hydro in a kennel at its facility on Route 130 in Forestdale. After more than three months of care behind Dennis Police Headquarters and Tarr's two appeals to spare his life, the pit bull that plagued Dennisport neighborhoods when it repeatedly escaped from Tarr's property on Indian Chief Lane has left Dennis.
"I loaded Hydro into my van last Thursday," Cheryl Malone, Dennis animal control officer, said Monday. "David Tarr was there, but I didn't need his help. When Hydro gets to know people, he's better." Malone then drove Hydro to the Animal Inn, where manager Jim Shea took over his care.
Shea refused to comment when contacted by The Register.
Malone said the $18 per day charge to board Hydro will be Tarr's responsibility. "He told me he is investigating filing one more appeal with Barnstable Superior Court," Malone said. "Nov. 8 will be [the alotted] 60 days he's allowed to appeal the Orleans District Court's decision. if he waits the 60 days before filing his appeal, he will owe the Animal Inn more than $700 plus the bill for boarding at the Dennis Police Station. That bill is for food and for my overtime hours caring for Hydro."
Malone has not been contacted by anyone willing to take the pit bull. "I haven't heard from David Tarr's attorney, either, so we're just waiting to see what he will do," she said.
If and when Tarr surrenders his dog, it will be euthanized humanely by a person certified in euthanasia protocol. "Either a veterinarian or a person who works with an animal shelter charged with that task will do it," Malone said. "I would be present."
http://www2.townonline.com/barnstable/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=340439