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Dog owners in Hawaii are turning to pet psychologists to save their animals from a draconian new law that makes 'incessant barking' an offence, the Daily Mail reported.

Police can now write barking tickets, fine noisy dog owners hundreds of dollars and even remove an uncontrollable yapper to a dog pound.

Following surging complaints from angry neighbors, the law in Hawaii County is quite specific on noisy dogs, banning barks that go on continuously for ten minutes or intermittently for 20 minutes within a half hour.

The law still allows for a dog to bark over the allotted time limits if its owner is being attacked.

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犬吠不止主人将被罚

       夏威夷一项严酷的新法令将“连续不断的犬吠”认定为一种罪过。为了保护爱犬，养狗人开始寻求宠物心理学家的帮助。

       据英国《每日邮报》报道，夏威夷警察可以为狗叫开罚单，对吵闹的狗的主人处以数百美元的罚款，甚至还可以把失控狂吠的狗送进犬类拘留所。

       由于气愤的邻居们怨声载道，夏威夷县专门针对吵闹的狗制定了法令，禁止它们持续不断的吠叫十分钟，或是半小时内时断时续的嗥叫20分钟。

       不过，如果主人遭到袭击，狗叫超过规定时间也是可以的。

(China.org.cn April 11, 2012)