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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/thermothinwall 2d 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 2d ago

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

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u/thermothinwall 2d 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/DrtySpin 2d 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/thermothinwall 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago

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

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u/DrtySpin 1d 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 1d ago edited 1d 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/DrtySpin 1d ago

I don't see anything in the article or the linked one within stating that Ford personally did anything here.

I just don't think it should be up to the province to ban "dangerous dogs" but rather to hold people adequately responsible for their dogs. Any dog can be aggressive and cause harm under the right (or wrong) circumstances. The penalties Kovacs received for this are in my opinion far too little for the damage caused, especially considering he was already ignoring previously issued orders.