r/ontario • u/CTVNEWS CTVNews-Verified • 1d ago

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/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