The Spanky Show

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Damn you for making me look this up.

• A level 1 humane officer is not a peace officer, but may exercise the powers of a peace officer at all places within the
  state in order to prevent the perpetration of any act of cruelty upon any animal and to that end may summon to his or her aid any bystander. A level 1 humane officer may use reasonable force
  necessary to prevent the perpetration of any act of cruelty upon any animal.
  A level 1 humane officer may make arrests for the violation of
  any penal law of this state relating to or affecting animals in the
  same manner as any peace officer and may also serve search warrants.

Cal. Corp. Code § (i)(1)(A), (B). A "Level 2" humane officer has basically the same powers, but may not carry a firearm.

Hehe, you said penal. And think of it as future research. It's certainly not going to come up in my practice.

[Spanky]

Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
Though he may harbor secret dreams of doing so, does not keep or harbor any deer in his property. They are not his pets. They are his friends. He is not mistreating the deer, which are not his pets and which he does not keep nor harbor on his property.

Except for the Buck. We don't like the Buck. He seems to get bigger every time I see him.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by Spanky
Except for the Buck. We don't like the Buck. He seems to get bigger every time I see him.

About the size of one cat per visit.

[Spanky]

Originally posted by Gattigap
About the size of one cat per visit.

Actually, Sam just reapeared after being gone for four days.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by Spanky
Actually, Sam just reapeared after being gone for four days.

Hmmmm. And Sidd has been gone for how long, and is ignoring you too? Suspicious.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
Though he may harbor secret dreams of doing so, Spanky does not keep or harbor any deer in his property. They are not his pets. They are his friends. He is not mistreating the deer, which are not his pets and which he does not keep nor harbor on his property.


edited to make it make sense

If he is providing sustenance to them, I think he could be characterized as harboring them. Eating from the trees -- not so much providing sustenance, because he's not growing the trees for the deer. But he provided water on purpose. And he's facilitating interaction between the deer and young children.

Thanks for nothing, pal. I had to do my legal reserach myself. Why do you do Spanky's googling for him but not mine?

Originally posted by ltl/fb
If he is providing sustenance to them, I think he could be characterized as harboring them. Eating from the trees -- not so much providing sustenance, because he's not growing the trees for the deer. But he provided water on purpose. And he's facilitating interaction between the deer and young children.

I alaready went through this with Arty. Its a two pronger

1) Is he putting out:
(a) water dishes; and
(b) food dishes
And
2) Has he named the Deer?

Now we know that an infant has put outa water dish on Spanky's property, which Spanky is liable for. The infant is not legally capable of making a decision and Spanky did not say "get that the hell off my property" I dont think. I wouldl ike to subscribe the Attractive Nuisance theory here, as I like its name, but it does not apply.

Neither Spanky, nor the Infant, have put food into bowls. Happening to have Apple trees (which, as I understood from earlier posts, have been depleted of Apples), does not constitute Deer solicitation, though perhaps the Apple trees are Attractive Nuisances. Prong 1 of the pet prong fails which means we dont have to go to Prong 2, but lets do it shall we?

2) It seems there is only one Deer who has a name. Buck. I would have thought he was just identifying a male Deer, but that capitalization makes it appear to be a name. It also has a tribute sock, so I think its named. The rest of the Deer are nameless, so Spaky could only have one pet Deer. Buck.

I was gonna make my conclusion but I forgot what the question was. Is my food here yet?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I alaready went through this with Arty. Its a two pronger

1) Is he putting out:
(a) water dishes; and
(b) food dishes
And
2) Has he named the Deer?

Now we know that an infant has put outa water dish on Spanky's property, which Spanky is liable for. The infant is not legally capable of making a decision and Spanky did not say "get that the hell off my property" I dont think. I wouldl ike to subscribe the Attractive Nuisance theory here, as I like its name, but it does not apply.

Neither Spanky, nor the Infant, have put food into bowls. Happening to have Apple trees (which, as I understood from earlier posts, have been depleted of Apples), does not constitute Deer solicitation, though perhaps the Apple trees are Attractive Nuisances. Prong 1 of the pet prong fails which means we dont have to go to Prong 2, but lets do it shall we?

2) It seems there is only one Deer who has a name. Buck. I would have thought he was just identifying a male Deer, but that capitalization makes it appear to be a name. It also has a tribute sock, so I think its named. The rest of the Deer are nameless, so Spaky could only have one pet Deer. Buck.

I was gonna make my conclusion but I forgot what the question was. Is my food here yet?

they'll be needing a minister of Poster control on Insurge. Anyone wishing to apply take a shot at boiling this down to a series of instructions to deliver to Sergaent at Arms SS.

[Spanky]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
they'll be needing a minister of Poster control on Insurge. Anyone wishing to apply take a shot at boiling this down to a series of instructions to deliver to Sergaent at Arms SS.

Stacey's parents are going to back me. There is going to be another Waco. Although no one seems to have any firearms so we are just going to have to make do with some Supersquirters.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Spanky
Another weird thing about this is I live within the City Limits of Palo Alto. Pretty far from the city proper (never see any cops) but still with in the limits. Palo Alto has a pretty hard core animal control group (they killed a couple of cougars near downtown that got just a few people upset). But this guy was from the County.

There are many weird things about this story, not least of which being that a college educated man of wealth would suddenly go all hillbilly on some khaki-collar bureaucrat, but this is not one of them. In California, municipal services are delivered by a hodgepodge of districts and agencies. Incorporation of a city within a County does not divest the County of its police powers, other than providing more local jurisdiction for zoning, planning, building inspections and sometimes police protection. It does not divest the County as the political subdivision with primary authority to act in defense of state laws. For example, Palo Alto probably doesn't have its own Health Department, Coroner, DA, Department of Child Protective Services, Assessor, or Sealer of Weights & Measures. All of these things are primarily or solely County-level functions no matter what the incorporation status of the geographical region. There are other examples, I suppose.

If a guy with a County seal on his car tells you he has jurisdiction, chances are good he's not making it up. These guys do not seek out more work.

In other words, don't try telling the Santa Clara County Sheriff that his badge is a useless tin star in Spankyland.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Spanky
Stacey's parents are going to back me. There is going to be another Waco.

I trust you remember how that turned out. Given the choice between a moral victory and a regular victory, choose the regular victory.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Thanks for nothing, pal. I had to do my legal reserach myself. Why do you do Spanky's googling for him but not mine?

Choose your very favorite law or reg governing the sale of securities. It's a sad fact that armed SPCA employees are more interesting.

[Spanky]

I was trying to find a Serbian restaurant in the San Francisco Bay Area. Either I am a lame researcher or one doesn't exist. It seems there is not a single Serbia restaurant in California (except for some small diner in Culver City). Can anyone prove me wrong?

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Thanks for nothing, pal. I had to do my legal reserach myself. Why do you do Spanky's googling for him but not mine?

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