[MR] Dogs at events

[Sigrune at aol.com]

CKE <celtk9equine at yahoo.com> writes:

>Rabies certificate should be required for liability
>purposes.   If a dog bites someone or another dog,
>proof of rabies vaccine is required.

My lady brought up a very good point, if the SCA, kingdom, group, event staff choose to view health certificates or vaccination info, the group then becomes liable if there is a breech.  IF the group starts to enforce it then chooses later to not enforce it, it could be liable through negligence.  (You saw a danger, took measures to prevent it, then later chose to do away with the enforcement of said measure, demonstrating a lack of concern for a potential problem.)

Personally though I understand the reasoning for many rules and disscussions of rules within the SCA, it saddens me that it needs to be done since personal responsiblity is getting so low.

-Takeda