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Vicious pets arent the only threat to animal control officers
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Hall County animal control field supervisor Joey Robinson pauses to check the welfare of a dog tied to a tree Friday when no resident is found at a Pine Circle lot. The property’s owner is living at the site in a tent and had left no food or water for the dog. Many times animal control officers encounter hostile pet owners when a welfare check is called.
Stepping over crushed beer and soda cans, animal control field supervisor Joey Robinson knocked on the front flap of a tent with his catch pole. He’s been called to perform a welfare check on a dog, wagging his tail a few feet behind him, as no one emerges from the tent. “A dog doesn’t need to live this way,” Robinson said.