Animal rights becomes hot topic in Berkley

About three dozen supporters of animal rights crammed Monday night's Berkley City Council meeting in a rare showdown at the podium with Royal Oak's City Manager, the Royal Oak Deputy Chief of Police and a former Royal Oak City Commissioner who is running for the office again Tuesday.

[Happy with Pets]

I know this officer, having lived in Berkley for 27 years. She has a passion for saving animals. I have seen her in action when a lost animal is found. She makes call after call to residents to ask them if their pet is missing. She keeps the animal with her, looking for the owner. She does everything she can to save an animal. Above and beyond to save an animals life is the way she responds. If this pit bull was destroyed it is because she has common sense.

[Kit]

Happy with Pets wrote:

I know this officer, having lived in Berkley for 27 years. She has a passion for saving animals. I have seen her in action when a lost animal is found. She makes call after call to residents to ask them if their pet is missing. She keeps the animal with her, looking for the owner. She does everything she can to save an animal. Above and beyond to save an animals life is the way she responds. If this pit bull was destroyed it is because she has common sense.

That is what she is paid to do. Common sense is following the law, not breaking it. There are too many questions left unanswered, including the fact that the rabies certficate was sent in immediately, and that the dog was not signed over by it's rightful owner. There is law and procedure, not common sense that has to be followed. Common sense would put a fence around the dog park!