What is a county animal control hearing examiner?
It is a position established to hear potentially dangerous and dangerous dog appeals. I can recall you a case for you. Two dogs running at large attacked and severely injured a llama that was tied up and unable to get away from the dogs. The llama owner filed a formal complaint, and animal control responded to the call declaring the dogs potentially dangerous. The dogs owner had the legal right to appeal that potentially dangerous declaration. The case then came before me. I heard both the dog owners side and the llama owners side of the case. I also read a written report of the incident and the animal control officer who responded to the call was there to present his findings. Veterinary records were also submitted for consideration. My job then was to make a determination based on a preponderance of the evidence as to whether or not the dogs should be declared potentially dangerous or whether to rescind the declaration. Requirements for a potentially dangerous animal may include spec
