Vernal Express | 1981-03-12 | Page 17 | City-County to Buy Hound

City-county 1 to buy hound Pitv and ronntv of- ficials passed a motion to purchase a bassett hound after the owner threatened threaten-ed suit because the dog was exterminated before the allowed three days. According to Dr. Ed Osearson, who was at Monday's joint city-county city-county meeting, the dog was taken to the animal shelter after it was found loose last Thursday morning. mor-ning. The dog had no identification iden-tification and it is still in question as to whether the dog's owner is Debbie Miller as claimed. It was exterminated Saturday. v City and county ordinance or-dinance requires that dogs be kept 72 hours before they are put sleep. Officials stated they er-rored er-rored in this respect, so a new bassett hound will be purchased. Cost of the dog is estimated at $125 to $250.