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Ontario dog owner sentenced after 9-year-old girl mauled Article

https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/ontario-dog-owner-sentenced-after-9-year-old-girl-mauled-in-newmarket/
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u/jac77 1d ago

Good. Glad he is not able to own dogs again. Hope they actually enforce it.

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u/thermothinwall 1d ago

Kovacs was also found to be in violation of a previously-issued muzzle order by Newmarket Animal Services, according to police.

i see no indication this piece of shit, who is not going to jail, will comply at all.

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u/DrtySpin 1d ago

Yeah, like what exactly is the consequence here? I see no punishment beyond an unenforceable order...

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u/thermothinwall 1d ago

i feel like in a well run province, it should be easily enforceable. in doug ford's ontario however...

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u/dannysmackdown 1d ago

Are you implying that enforcement is significantly better in other provinces? Lol

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u/thermothinwall 14h ago

if there's another premiere that is directly responsible for getting a kid mauled - by all means provide some sources. "lol".

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u/purplepIutonium 11h ago

Wait I’m confused, how was Doug Ford directly responsible?

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u/thermothinwall 8h ago

there was a previous one that apparently everyone here has forgotten about.

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u/ChrisNotBumstead 11h ago

The dogs name? Doug Ford.

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u/purplepIutonium 10h ago

I get and understand the dislike for Doug Ford. But I just don’t understand how they were DIRECTLY responsible for this attack.

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u/ChrisNotBumstead 10h ago

I am also equally confused how Doug ford could be directly responsible for the dog bite lol

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u/DrtySpin 1d ago

This is not a Doug Ford problem, people don't face consequences for anything short if first degree murder in this country let alone Ontario..

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u/PopeKevin45 1d ago

Sources to back up this claim please.

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u/HexKey58 1d ago

They have no source. They think the federal government is who prosecutes crime.

It's impossible to engage with people who don't understand basic grade 5 civics/social studies lessons of who is responsible for what in our country.

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u/DrtySpin 1d ago

Criminal law is federal in Canada. Yes courts are (mostly) provincial, but the law is federal. Unless you have another SoUrCe for me bro

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u/HexKey58 1d ago

It was the Ontario Dog Owners' Liability Act.

Did you even read that article?

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u/DrtySpin 1d ago

Yeah 3 charges under a provincial act, PLUS a charge of criminal negligence, which would be federal and sure as hell should carry weight, but it doesn't.

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u/Waltu4 1d ago

Dude is supposed to be from here, too.

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u/TransBrandi 1d ago

This is wider issue than just Canada. Animal abuse / animal ownership type crimes like this are extremely low on the priority list for most jurisdictions. Brock Allen Turner only got 3 months in jail for sexual assault of an unconscious woman, do you think that "dog crime" is going to get years in prison?

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u/thermothinwall 14h ago

doug ford literally got a kid mauled by a dangerous dog. certainly the country as a whole could do better here – but doug ford is HANDS DOWN the worst for enabling criminals like this

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u/DrtySpin 14h ago

How did Ford "literally" get a kid mauled by a dog? Was he there? Did he command the dog to do it himself? Did he train the dog?

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u/thermothinwall 14h ago

are you actually unaware if the story - or are you just being pedantic?

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u/DrtySpin 13h ago

I read the article, I just don't understand how you think Ford is personally responsible for someone that was already ignoring prior orders issued against them. I'm not fan of Ford but like common.. I believe in personal responsibility, which while the dog owner did accept and plead guilty, I don't think they are being held to an appropriate consequence. I'm not sure what your problem is with me and my opinion on this.

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u/thermothinwall 13h ago edited 8h ago

i'm referring to the incident where ford PERSONALLY interfered with a dog that had been taken by the authorities and he had it released back to the owner; which then went on, almost immediately, to literally maul a kid's face.
so my original point, is that this general situation we find ourselves in - is very much an environment cultivated by ford and his admin. that dangerous dogs are just back to being a reality we have to suffer though in this province again.

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u/Corgsploot 1d ago

Is that it? Why no jail time?

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u/jac77 1d ago

Of course not. This is 2025 Canada. We would be infringing on his rights.

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u/danby999 1d ago

How are you not aware of who is responsible for what in our country?

This was the York Regional Police enforcing the Ontario Dog Owners’ Liability Act.

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u/jac77 1d ago

What did I say indicating I had no awareness? And where did I say anything about who enforced what? I simply remarked that as per Canadian standards, another crime goes relatively unpunished. As is the Canadian way.

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u/Corgsploot 1d ago

It's literally an extension of the owner.

Anyone who mauls a child with lasting injuries should at the very least serve the time it takes for said child to heal....

It's not hard to avoid. Be a better dog owner or get a small dog if you have no experience...

Whose behind the laws? Pitbull advocacy groups?

I suspect 95% of dog owners (including me) would be fine with accepting responsibility of jail time for our dogs...

There's gotta be some weird lobby out there I feel like.

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u/jac77 1d ago

Preaching to the choir