Daniel Itse

Hon. Members of the Committee on Environment and Agriculture, This bill is unreasonable regarding barking. First, as a predator is likely to flee at the first hint of human presence, how does one document the presence of a predator unless one is lucky enough to for the critter to be posing for a picture. Second, barking is what dogs do. This bill is contrary to RSA 466:31 (The RSA it references for penalty) which prohibits dog barking more than 30 min, unless the dog is working livestock, including guarding) in which case the dog is allowed to bark longer than 30 min. The proposed bill makes the barking time for dogs guarding livestock less than than for dogs not guarding livestock. Hon. Dan Itse