Conservation department getting involved in pardoning of dog
April 9, 2017
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's conservation department is getting involved in the proposed pardoning of a dog, saying the case could have implications for the state's animal welfare laws.
Republican Gov. Paul LePage said last week he was pardoning Dakota the Alaskan husky from a death sentence levied at a court hearing. Dakota killed a neighbor's pug last year.
Dakota's case is scheduled for a court hearing on Tuesday. The state Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry has offered to assist the court with the case.
A spokesman for the department says it has a "strong interest" in th...
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