Dog Attack Left Woman and Dog Injured, 'Terrified'
After a dog attack last October, the Wenham animal control officer will decide the fate of a Boxer named Amy.
The fate of a Boxer named Amy rests with the Wenham animal control officer after an attack on another dog in her Lord’s Hill neighborhood last October that left one woman and her dog injured and “terrified.” It happened on Saturday, Oct. 6 at about 4:30 p.m. when Tracy Conley was out walking her 20-pound Pug named Lola. Both Conley and Amy’s owner, Susan Lawson, offered their version of events during a hearing before Animal Control Officer Stephen Kavanagh last week. The hearing, which lasted about a half hour, happened in the Board of Selectmen’s meeting room at Wenham Town Hall. Conley and Lola, who live on Hilltop Drive, were walking on nearby Enon Road when they met Amy, a “very muscular Boxer.” The two moved to the other side of the …
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Dean Emary
3:04 pm on Thursday, February 14, 2013
Please disregard my previous comment. I re-read your statement and understand the hearing you attended was over 14 years ago. S.2192 is a more recent law signed by Governor Patrick. It's aim is to protect families from the kind of nonsense the family of the banished dog had to endure. more ›