BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) - The owners of a dog held at the Beatrice Humane Society for 45 days took their yellow lab named Lamar home Saturday, happy he was spared after authorities pursued euthanizing him for allegedly biting a 13-year-old boy in March.
A court hearing Thursday was to determine whether the dog would be euthanized or released to its owners Adam Cloyd and Stephanie Carman, the Lincoln Journal-Star reported (https://bit.ly/1qL9miZ ).
Two hours later, an agreement was reached allowing Lamar to return home after getting a microchip.
“We’re just so excited to have him back,” Carman said. “We got to go see him at the Humane Society, and he was so excited to see us. He was trying to get out of the kennel to come play with us.”
The couple’s attorney, Dustin Garrison, said the judge agreed to allow the two sides to settle the case if the owners agreed to the microchip and to keep him on a leash and secured on their property.
“These are tough cases. You don’t have a human life at stake, but this is a family’s dog we kept from being euthanized that never should have been euthanized,” he said.
City Attorney Greg Butcher said the dog will need to be registered as potentially dangerous, which carries an additional $25 license.
The alleged bite was witnessed only by children, and the owners contested the city’s claim the dog is vicious.
The alleged attack occurred after the dog managed to nudge open a patio door and find its way to a neighbor’s yard.
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