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What is Mandan doing after a vicious attack of a mother and her daughter by two pit bulls this year? Making an ordinance weaker so the city can do less while reducing liabilities for the city by changing the ordinance.

The current ordinance considers a dog that is aggressive and/or bites a person or a pet, as vicious, resulting in a municipal court appearance. The city wants only dog bites meeting the city’s new definition of “serious bodily injury” to count without defining what a “serious bodily injury” to a pet is or what “a significant period of time” means.

A dog that is on public property could bite you, your children, your parents, even your grandparents, or anyone with disabilities, but if no “serious bodily injury” occurs, the city will do nothing about either the dog or the bites. The city did not include any limit on how many times a dog can bite people if no “serious bodily injury” occurs.

The city stated it wanted to avoid court, but since the city cannot deny due process the city made it easier to avoid doing anything. The city stated it added to the ordinance, but the city really stripped it down from 550 words to just 140 words, while removing impoundment to avoid impounding dogs even after “serious bodily injury” occurs so dog owners can hide their dogs.