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Vancouver, BC starting to make noise on the idea of BSL

Discussion in 'Dogs - Pit bull breeds specific' started by goob, Sep 16, 2004.

  1. goob

    goob New Member

    http://www.vancouvertelevision.com/topn ... 911-02.htm

    There's been a few news stations running polls on whether pit bulls should be banned as well. Nothing really confirmed yet, but be aware, just in case.

    Some of you in BC might also be interested to know that "Animal Advocates Society of BC" ( http://www.animaladvocates.com/ , their message board has details of some of their "work" on pit bulls, it's at the bottom half of the page) fully support this ban, and have been on the news promoting it as well as sending letters right and left. One person doing this might not matter much, when when you get a bunch of them doing so, it can be a lot of pull. Here's some of what AAS has to say about pit bulls:
    Then there's a picture of an AB on a chain.... duhhhh :roll:

    Probably not worth the bother of trying to post on their board, they review each post before it's actually posted, and anyone who disagrees is censored, but it is amusing to see them repeat the same drivel over and over when confronted by sensible, intelligent pit bull owners.
     
  2. loves-da-pits

    loves-da-pits New Member

    I read this on another message board. It's kind of an appropriate response to this post.


    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 pitbulls.

    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 pitbulls, dying only for the inane "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 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 pitbull 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 pitbull is
    smarter then you.

    I'm sorry that the medieval witchhunting 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 pitbull 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
    pitbull. 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 "pitbull' 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 pitbulls 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 pitbull 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 pitbull 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
    pitbull--you do not deserve one.

    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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