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AMMON v. WELTY

No. 1999-CA-001759-MR.

113 S.W.3d 185 (2002)

Richard J. AMMON; Waneta L. Ammon; Tiffany Ammon, an infant; Anthony Ammon, an infant; Travis Ammon, an infant, Appellants, v. Virgil WELTY; Orville Smith; Mickey Turner; Robert Brewer; and Forrester Burlchardt, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Discretionary Review Denied by Supreme Court September 10, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katie Marie Brophy, Louisville, KY, for appellants.

John T. Fowler III, Louisville, KY, amicus curiae Brief on Behalf of Animal Legal Defense Fund, Inc.

Roy Kimberly Snell, LaGrange, KY, for appellees.

Before EMBERTON, Chief Judge; GUIDUGLI and McANULTY, Judges.

OPINION

EMBERTON, Chief Judge.

This case arises over the shooting death carried out by the Trimble County Dog Warden of the Ammon family dog, Hair Bear. The trial court dismissed the action and we affirm.

In 1992, the Ammons moved to Trimble County where they lived with their three children on a sixty-three acre farm. Shortly before Christmas of that year they adopted Hair Bear, a stray dog. Hair Bear was never licensed and apparently roamed...

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