Beach Party

PETA is trying to restrict whether owners can chain dogs. This is another area with which I disagree with PETA. Beaches aren't great places for packs of dogs to wander.

Paden said the billboard will not be near the Shafer home and he also has written Orange officials, urging them to adopt an ordinance that prohibits chaining dogs or limiting the length of time that a dog can be tethered.

“The fact is, an unprovoked attack is a calling card of a chained dog,” Paden said.

In Virginia, only Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Northampton County restrict chaining, according to PETA. Norfolk and Northampton limit chaining to 12 cumulative hours in a 24-hour period, Paden said, while Virginia Beach limits the practice to three hours.

Chaining restrictions have spread across the nation in the past few years. In early 2003, about 40 localities had adopted such ordinances, Paden said. Today, 68 localities have them on the books, he said.

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