I know Pierre, SD has a Parvo problem right now and its a big thing, I would assume people bringing their dogs from outside the state wouldnt want to be infected and brought back to your community OR be bringing an infected Parvo dog or any other dieases that we may not have in SD. i could be wrong, but i agree, that conservation officer probably was going over the top. If i was still an officer and i came across a sick dog at a hotel where hunters were, id THEN have a probable cause to ask for the papers to make sure this dog isnt sick before he came to the state.. Parvo is a big thing right now in SD... i know for one Pierre, SD has a problem and trying to contain it. My neighbor's dog died of parvo 3 weeks ago and i didnt know about it til my friend in the US Marshal's office told me about a black dog just died of parvo, i was like i knew my neighbor's dog was a black lab. He then told me the names and i said, damn, thats my neighbor!! glad my dog sophia has the Parvo shots. The vet said the owners never kept the dog's shots up to date and didnt have a record on the 6 months old Lab nor was it registered the dog with the city. Of course to register, youd have to have rabie shot records and a vet visit papers to get that done... My neighbors arent exactly responsible people... now i hear that the neighbors were fined for not registering their dogs into the city per ordinace law. not sure if they got fined for not containing or whatever to prevented this to happen.
but i could be blowing this out of water but I can see how SD wants to prevent any more dieases coming into SD that another state has that our state doesnt have.
