State v. Koplow

NICHOLS, Justice.

Through history the relationship between man and dog has been the subject of story, verse and song. From time to time it also has been the subject of heated litigation.

Such litigation is frequently attributable to widely divergent perceptions about the proper role and place of dogs in a civilized society. A judge of the New York Supreme Court has summarized the situation with particular insight;

All mankind is divided into three parts. The larger proportion love dogs passionately, harbor them, fawn upon them, share their lives and troubles and joys with them, and defend with…