Opinion: By its own count, the understaffed agency only responds to 44% of calls reporting aggressive attack dogs. Most calls get ignored.
A memorial occupies the site where 81-year-old Ramon Najera was killed by two dogs February 24 at the 2800 block of Depla Street.Has the City of San Antonio turned an important corner and started to get serious about the dangerous dog crisis that for years has received far too little attention at City Hall? Sustained media coverage and public outrage over recent attacks — one deadly, another nearly so — is finally getting City Hall to take action.
For multiple years I served as captain of the Third Street Grackles, a cycling team formed by employees of the San Antonio Express-News and our neighbors at Lake Flato Architects. It fell to me to call ACS There wasn’t a single incident of ACS impounding the dangerous dogs we reported. We tried to vary our routes, but there were only so many roads heading south, and inevitably we encountered the same charging dogs again and again.
An organizational chart of ACS’ staff showed dozens of open positions at the department last month, including 15 field officers. At best, it will be at least three more years before ACS responds to all critical calls. Even then, it remains to be seen how vigorously ACS staff will enforce existing ordinances and crack down on repeat offenders with more confiscated and euthanized animals and more criminal prosecutions.
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