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1988-18404-Minutes for Meeting August 01,1988 Recorded 8/18/1988�!R -. ` 487 88-18404 DOG HEARING MINUTES DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONI&A!' 18 PH 2: 17 August 1, 1988 �'-UE FEI!j: 01 �q -z- V . i U-Lik X Chairman Maudlin called the meeting to order at 11:05 a.m. Board members in attendance were Dick Maudlin, Lois Bristow Prante, and Tom Throop. Also present was Karen Green, Assistant Legal Counsel. The purpose of this dog hearing was to obtain testimony regarding an alledged attack of a llama by three dogs. Cynthia Komurka, animal control of f icer f or Deschutes County, stated that she first investigated a call from Bonnie Norton at 19016 Shoshone Road in Bend regarding an attack of her llama by some dogs on July 14. Bonnie Norton called again on July 21, stating that the dogs had been back and that she had followed the dogs to a residence on Pumice Butte. Officer Komurka then went to the residence of dog owner and told him she would have to impound the dogs. She also testified that she examined the llama, and it did have some slight injuries to the forelegs and what appeared to be a bite mark on the back left thigh. Officer Komurka stated that two dogs had been impounded (8 -year- old malmute and the puppy malmute of 8 months), but the female dog had not been impounded because there was not evidence that she had been involved in the chase and attack. Bonnie Norton, 19016 Shoshone Road, Bend, testified as the llama owner. She said she had heard dogs barking at her llama on July 9. When she returned home on the evening of July 12, her roommate told her that dogs were chasing the llama, so Ms. Norton went to look for the llama and found it. On July 21, she saw the dogs again and followed them to a residence on Pumice Butte Road, which turned out to be the dog owner's former residence. Ms. Norton stated that only two dogs had been impounded, but she felt that all three dogs were involved in the chase of July 12. Betty Greeson, 19201 Buck Canyon, Bend, stated that on the evening of July 12, her dog started to bark, so she went outside to investigate. She saw one dog go by the f ront yard which looked like a German shepard. Her husband then called to her that there was a llama in the back yard. Carol Peck of Riverbend Drive, Bend, testified that she saw three dogs chasing a llama on the evening of July 12. She was only able to see the dogs from behind, but they were nipping at the llama. Ms. Peck stated that there were definitely three large dogs and that they turned left onto Buck Canyon Drive. Jeffrey Greeson, 19201 Buck Canyon Drive, Bend, testified that because his dog was barking on the evening of July 12, he went outside, at which time he saw a llama coming towards him. He then saw a dog which appeared to be a husky or German shepard.mix �MEL)With a white face, and then saw two other dogs. Because it wdi I-- . , li 11�jnf �7 8S \ONjzl�) dark, he was not able to identify the breeds of the two dogs. Monna Lyon, manager of the animal shelter, confirmed that the two dogs which were impounded were malmutes, one female puppy and one male. She agreed that malmutes and huskies were very similar in appearance and it was difficult to distinguish the two at times. Ken Beemer, 19163 Indian Summer Circle, testified as the owner of the dogs. He had just moved to this residence and was in the process of building the dogs' pin. The female dog was staying at his parents' house because it was in heat. The other two dogs had dug underneath the fence, however, and got out by going underneath the trailer house. When Mr. Beemer realized the dogs had escaped, he went to go look for them. They had gone back to his former residence at Pumice Butte. He collected the dogs and took them back to his parents' home so that they could be contained more securely. Mr. Beemer indicated that there were other malmutes in the neighborhood. Audrey Beemer, 19180 Baker Road, testified that she had had the female dog since July 9. Therefore, this dog could not have been involved in the chasing. Ray Beemer, 19180 Baker Road, also testified that the female dog was inside the house sleeping on the evening of July 12. Commissioner Prante felt that there was no question that two of the dogs were involved in the July 12 chasing, but the third female dog was somewhere else. Commissioners Maudlin and Throop also concurred. MAUDLIN: I would entertain a motion that we find that llama is livestock, that two dogs chased and injured livestock, that these two dogs are those being held at the humane society, and that we order them to be destroyed. PRANTE: So moved. THROOP: Second the motion. VOTE: PRANTE: YES THROOP: YES MAUDLIN: YES DES rES 9OUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Lo tow L is , i tow Prante, Commissioner TomfThroop,PCommissioner DieZMatu lin',00 Chairman BOCC/slc