Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 20:02:03 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Bob Mumford Subject: Re: Loose dogs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit After being annoyed, like many others, by unleashed dogs along the C&O Canal in the Pennyfield, Violettes, and Riley's Locks area, I wrote the Director of the National Park Service several years ago. I received back an unctuous letter from a woman somewhere in the system claiming that the dog leash laws were "fully enforced." So I wrote her back asking specifically how many summons had been written in the last five years. She learned; no letter this time. She had a lower level local guy call me and I pressed him for the answer. I knew what was coming: there were a grand total of ZERO summons in five years. So much for enforcement. As anyone who walks the towpath regularly knows, you can see unleashed dogs virtually any time you walk on a weekend, and often during the week. I have also confronted violators when their dogs got aggressive with me. The results have not been pleasant. I suspect that unless everyone on the net writes the Superintendent of the C&O Park, absolutely nothing will happen. Even then, it is a toss up. Bob Mumford Darnestown ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================