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Sound Transit To Test Allowing Dogs On Short Leashes Aboard Trains And Buses

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Status

Reported, not yet confirmed

Independent sources

2

First seen

Oct 28, 12:21 PM PDT

updated Oct 29, 4:30 AM PDT

Topic

Local News

Reported by KING 5 (NBC) and KIRO 7 (CBS), not yet confirmed.

What Happened

Sound Transit is launching a pilot program to test allowing dogs on short leashes and other pets aboard light rail trains and buses, KIRO 7 and KING 5 reported.

Written by our system from the sources below (2), version 1, Oct 29, 4:56 AM PDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

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How It Unfolded

Oct 28, 12:30 PM PDT · first source seenOct 29, 4:52 AM PDT · published

Official Confirmation

No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.

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How We Decided

Oct 28, 12:37 PM PDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 29, 4:52 AM PDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.