Subject: Re: Dogs & policing Spencer Island
Date: Sep 24 07:42:50 1997
From: Janet Carroll - jrc at pop.seanet.com


Ted:

Dogs are not allowed on Spencer Island period. The island is jointly
operated by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the
Snohomish County Parks Department. There are park rangers out there on
the weekends sometimes, but not during the week. The signs clearly say
no dogs - the people who had the dogs had obviously prepared that story
for anyone's benefit who saw them. Presumably it has worked before.
You might want to give a call to Debbie Terwilliger at the Snohomish
County Parks Department and find out what you can do about this type of
situation.

Janet Carroll

Ted Becker wrote:
>
> I hope this isn't too far off topic for Tweeters.
>
> What agency(s) is responsible for enforcing the regulations at Spencer
> Island? What agency(s) set the regulations? What are the specific rules
> for having dogs on various parts of the island?
>
> There was an incident at Spencer Island Monday evening that has me
> wondering about the "No dogs" regulation and how it is enforced. My friend
> and I were walking along the trail on the Fish & Wildlife Department
> portion of the island and a couple was approaching with a dog on a leash.
> When I asked the man about the dog he informed me that it was a hunting dog
> and since this area is open to hunting he is allowed to bring the dog into
> the area. Is this true? Does having a hunting dog and maybe a hunting
> license give license to walk a dog anywhere on the island? There is no way
> to walk a dog to the hunting areas without passing through the dog
> restricted area. These people were clearly not on the island to hunt. I
> also believe there is no season open.
>
> I could almost be convinced to allow hunters to walk their dogs on a leash
> through the park area to the hunting area for the purpose of hunting but
> only for that purpose. My preference would be to ban hunting on the island
> altogether. Where does "preservation" or "conservation" come into the
> picture when we provide these areas to attract wildlife only to be killed
> for the pleasure of some & at #.
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