Dog Law Reporter

Reflections on the Society of Dogs and Men

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

War Dogs May Have Begun as Guard Dogs of Shepherds and Flocks

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Molossian dogs were thought by the ancients to come from the region of Epirus , north of the great Greek city states, an area presently divi...
Saturday, April 23, 2011

Scented to 9 MM Handgun, Dog Finds Suspect in Police Station

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Ruben Wardlaw, a member of the Pasadena Denver Lane Bloods, was outside an apartment building in Pasedena on July 13, 2007, when a white Che...
Monday, April 18, 2011

Close Windows, Crank Up the Air: Driver Can Be Asked to Prep Car for Sniff

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At an Illinois traffic stop, a police officer told the driver to roll up her truck’s windows and turn the ventilation system’s blowers on hi...
Monday, April 11, 2011

Canine Venereal Cancer Cells Repair Themselves by Taking DNA from Host Animal

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Dogs transmit canine transmissible venereal tumor (CTVT) when having sex. The infectious agent is the cancer cell itself. This is unusual....
Sunday, April 3, 2011

Montana Proposes Hunting Wolves to Protect Elk Herd

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There is a great deal of legal activity regarding the wolves of the Northwest and, as of this writing, the biggest ball lies in the court of...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Texas Court Puts Another Nail in the Scent Lineup Coffin, but Should the Concept Be Buried Entirely?

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A recent appellate decision continues the trend of Texas courts to reject scent lineup evidence, as to which those courts were once the most...
Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Communication Across the Species Divide Helps Find Game, and Food Bowls

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When Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote in The Common Law that “even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked,” I believe ...
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John Ensminger
John Ensminger is an attorney and member of the bars of the State of New York and the United States Supreme Court. He is the co-editor of Canine Olfaction Science and Law: Advances in Forensic Science, Medicine, Conservation, and Environmental Remediation. His other books include Police and Military Dogs: Criminal Detection, Forensic Evidence and Judicial Admissibility and Service and Therapy Dogs in American Society. His articles on legal and scientific issues have appeared in Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Forensic Science International, Journal of Forensic Sciences, Journal of Animal and Natural Resource Law, Journal of Veterinary Behavior, Journal of Animal Law, ABA General Practice, Tax Notes, and the Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice. John is a Contributing Editor of the Animal Legal & Historical Center of the Michigan State University College of Law.
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