Article: Canine Loss Spurs New Law.(Brief Article)

He called it the T-Bo bill, and it became the T-Bo Act. Senator Steve Cohen of Tennessee experienced the full grief of a bereft pet owner when his little Shih Tzu, T-Bo, was killed in his own yard last August by a larger, aggressive dog that was running at large.

After three days of frantic trips to the night emergency clinic and veterinarian, Cohen lost his fuzzy little friend. "Before he died, I realized how much grief a pet owner can experience over the loss of a beloved pet," the senator says. "We were driving and happened to find a little boy who identified the dog that killed T-Bo. The boy said, 'Oh, that's Tasha. She's mean; she's attacked me.' I was real ...

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