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my clients often ask me whether they
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should report uh dog bites to the police
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or the authorities and in all cases I
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recommend and counsel my clients to
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report the dog bite to uh the
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authorities to the police because what
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happens under those circumstances is you
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get an independent investigation that
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goes on where there’s documentation from
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the investigating authorities from
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animal control or the police or the
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sheriff’s department where they’ll
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interview Witnesses they’ll talk to the
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owner of the animal they’ll find out and
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be able to review the veterinary records
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relating to the animal they’ll also be
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able to find out from Neighbors or other
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uh Witnesses whether this kind of
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behavior these kind of attacks uh have
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occurred in the past to give us the very
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good strong background information
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relating to not just the dog bite itself
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but the history the animal with regard
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to its environment