Unleashed fury : the political struggle for dog-friendly parks / Julie Walsh.

The question of whether dogs should be allowed off the leash in public places has become a major political issue in cities and suburbs across the United States. In the last two decades,?leash-law disputes? have burst upon the political scene and have been debated with an intensity usually reserved f...

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Main Author: Walsh, Julie M., 1962- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, ©2011.
Series:New directions in the human-animal bond.
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Table of Contents:
  • Why are dog walkers so mad?
  • What is behind the sudden clamor for leash laws?
  • The inevitable turn to politics
  • The land of steady habits? Avon, Connecticut
  • San Francisco : the patron saint of animals
  • San Francisco's eastern front : dog walkers versus bureaucracy
  • All is not quiet on the western front : San Francisco's city politics.