BREED SPECIFIC LEGISLATION
PUNISH THE DEED NOT THE BREED
It's time to wake up folks!
Breed Specific Legislation is killing our beloved breed. If you own a pit bull or are considering acquiring one, it is imperative
that you read all you can and become informed about the issues
concerning BSL. BSL is sweeping the nation and in its aftermath is
leaving death, destruction and heartache. BSL is especially important to
anyone who owns a "bully" type breed. It's not isolated to
just APBT's, AST's, SBT's, it happens to Rottweilers, Doberman's,
Akita's and other breeds. As owners of these great
dogs we can't keep sitting back
and saying "it will never happen to my dog" because it will, and when
it does you will not like the end result. It is up to you, as a
responsible dog owner, to become proactive and educate yourself. So dig
in and join the fight, the breed needs all the help it can get.
The following links are provided to allow you to do your
own research and have a better understanding of Breed Specific Legislation
and the adverse affects it has on responsible dog owners. If you
have other links you would like to add to the list please email.
BSL WEBSITES
Dog Watch
Ohio Valley Dog Owners
Practicality of Breed
BSL...
The New Breed of Municipal Dog Control
Laws - Are They Constitutional?
American Dog Owners Association
Stafford Mall - BSL
Humans 4
Anti-BSL
Dog Bite Law
BSL E-MAIL LISTS
If you would like to keep up to date about BSL
issues around the world you may subscribe to these lists...
Dog
Watch Legislation
BSL
Updates
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State By State
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Legislation
AN APOLOGY TO
BREED BAN ENTHUSIASTS
I'm sorry you are
frightened of my dogs and are trying to have them killed
because
they are
pit
bulls.
I'm
sorry you lack the understanding of this breed's true history,
gentleness
with people, wonderful temperament, intelligence and behavioral
conformation.
I'm sorry you won't read the ATTS stats regarding our breed's
true
temperament, putting it in the top four for temperament, scoring better
than
breeds like Golden Retrievers, and cocker spaniels.
I'm
sorry that you side with and protect animal abusers by marking the breed
of
dog, and not the irresponsibility of the owner. I'm sorry that by your
logic
I could steal a car, run some people over with it and then you can
blame
the make of car for the accident, as I walk free.
I'm
sorry you generalize one breed of dog with one group of people. I'm
sorry
you can't see the love and determination that many often highly
educated,
non-criminal and "normal" types of people show towards this breed
and
the great personal sacrifices that they make to take care of their dog
responsibly.
I'm
sorry you cannot go into the shelters and see the hundreds of abandoned
and
abused pit
bulls, dying only for the insane "crime" of being born the
breed
they are. I'm sorry you cannot see the look of disappointment in their
eyes
as someone walks by their kennel, and refuses to consider adopting them
based
on an ill educated fear mongering reporter. I'm sorry that you cannot
be
there when the animal looks at a human for the last time, and in spite of
betrayed
by all humans they have met, their tail still wags as someone
approaches
with the syringe of Euthinol.
I'm
sorry you cannot be there when law enforcement shoots one of your dogs dead
inside
it's own home in front of the children it mutually loves for simply
getting
off the dog bed and walking over to say hello with it's tail
wagging.
I'm sorry you cannot be there to rescue pit
bull puppies from a
plastic
bag in a dumpster, dumped there by someone switching their illegal,
and
inhumane activities to another, more lucrative breed.
I'm
sorry you cannot understand the difference between canine and human
aggression,
in the way that this breed can. Yes, I'm saying my pit
bull is
smarter
then you.
I'm
sorry that the medieval witch-hunting
genetics of intolerance,
generalization,
and racism make you feel the need to vilify a breed of dog.
I'm
sorry that justice, equality, tolerance, common sense are all things you
hold
dear as a fellow Canadian, and expect from others, but do not yourself
offer
them towards a pit
bull or its caregiver. I'm sorry that you don't take
the
constructive time to petition changes in the Canadian animal cruelty
act,
and in the criminal code that would deal out serious punishment to the
real
animal abusers.
I'm
sorry you cannot see the disappointed look on a puppy's face when the
people
petting it quickly frown, and walk away when you tell them it is a
pit
bull. I'm sorry you feel the need to terrorize my family and my dogs for
crimes
we never have and never will commit. I'm sorry you don't have to live
in
fear of your dog's safety from hysterical, and mentally unstable people
trying
to inflict all manner of evil upon your dogs.
I'm
sorry that you cannot see my breed working in some of the best Search
and
Rescue groups in the world, saving countless lives each year. I'm sorry
our
media censors and refuses to print the breed name "pit
bull' when in
connection
with a positive act such as saving a person or child from a
burning
house, drowning, wild attacking animals, etc. I'm sorry you cannot
see
the many pit bulls registered as therapy dogs and bringing so much joy to
another
misunderstood, neglected demographic in our society, the senior
citizen.
I am
sorry you can't see a pit
bull kiss a child, step carefully over a
kitten,
or play in a sunbeam. I'm sorry you cannot wake in the morning to
feel a
warm pit bull
cuddled next to you in bed, and know that you are their
total
world, and even if the house caught fire and trapped you, they would
stay
with you to the end.
But,
now that I really think about it, I'm not at all sorry you don't own a
pit
bull--you do not deserve one.
Written
By: Rob MacBean
The
Mongrel Hordes Lake
Cowichan BC
(Permission
granted by me the author to crosspost as long as it stays
intact, and with my name on it)
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?
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