Dog owners should have to apply for the privileged of caring for another living thing after going to school and taking a comprehensive test on the care and ownership of livestock. People should be licensed to even own and care for a cockroach. At any time, that license could be suspended or revoked.
Letting an animal run free outside of a pen is inconsiderate to the animal and everyone who comes into visual contact with the loose livestock. Plenty of people are terrified of dogs. Loose dogs diminishes those folks experience in the outdoors. Not to mention risk of injury to the animal and people around it.
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