Dakota was pardoned in March by Gov. Paul LePage. A District Court judge had ordered the Husky euthanized after it attacked other dogs.
(Humane Society of the Waterville Area)
AUGUSTA, Maine — A District Court judge refused Tuesday to spare the life of Dakota, the husky who was thrust onto the national stage after she was pardoned last month by Gov. Paul LePage.
At the 30-minute hearing in Waterville District Court, Judge Valerie Stanfill found that Maine law requires that a dog must be put down after it is declared a dangerous dog and it attacks again.
“The statute says that the dog shall be euthanized,” Stanfill said.
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