Is it true someone lied about the 100 dog bites in the field last year?
False information was presented to the City Council on April 22, 2003. A member of the public attributed this statistic to the SPCA. This information was not only false, as a representative from Santa Cruz County Animal Services stated, the SPCA “could not possibly have given this statistic, since it does not exist.” There were zero police and fire/EMS calls to the field in 2002. If such a high number of bites had actually occurred, this would be reflected in these calls for service. Other similarly dramatic statements have been made that have been equally misleading.
