Just got great news from a town where we
have been fighting a form of BSL
BSL has been a epic failure
Your work as a responsible owner does not stop with your own dog because all of our dogs are judged no matter who's dog does something wrong so talk to other owners about having dogs spayed and neutered ,advise not to breed and explain about socializing and the benefits of training,If we dont do more we will never be free of discrimination .
BSL is ineffective
Link to information -----------> Why BSL will not work !
Enforcement Issues
Is BSL Effective?
Extensive studies of the effectiveness of BSL in reducing the number of persons harmed by dog attacks were done in Spain and Great Britain. Both studies concluded that their “dangerous animals acts,” which included pit bull bans, had no effect at all on stopping dog attacks. The Spanish study further found that the breeds most responsible for bites—both before and after the breed bans—were those breeds not covered by it, primarily German Shepherds and mixed breeds.
In a different study looking at dog bite data, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Humane Society of the United States, and the American Veterinary Medical Association together produced a report titled “Breeds of Dogs Involved in Fatal Human Attacks in the US between 1979 and 1998,” which appeared in the September 15, 2000, issue of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. Among its findings, the study reported that during this 20–year period, more than 25 breeds of dogs were involved in 238 human fatalities. Pit bull–type dogs caused 66 of the fatalities, which averages out to just over three fatal attacks per year, and Rottweilers were cited as causing 39 of the fatalities. The rest were caused by other purebreds and mixed breeds. At the time the report was released, Dr. Gail C. Golab, one of the study’s co–authors, was quoted as saying, “[s]ince 1975, dogs belonging to more than 30 breeds—including Dachshunds, Golden Retrievers, Labrador Retrievers, and a Yorkshire Terrier—have been responsible for fatal attacks on people.”
The authors noted that the data in the report cannot be used to infer any breed–specific risk for dog bite fatalities, such as for pit bull–type dogs or Rottweilers, because to obtain such risk information it would be necessary to know the total numbers of each breed currently residing in the United States,and that information is unavailable
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the American Kennel Club, and the National Animal Control Association all oppose BSL. Otto sums up their position this way: “If the goal is dog–bite prevention, then dogs should be treated as individuals under effective dangerous dog laws and not as part of a breed painted with certain traits that may not be applicable to each dog. By doing so, owners of well–trained, gentle dogs are not punished by a breed ban, while dangerous dogs of all breeds are regulated and may have their day in court to be proven dangerous.”The ASPCA has proposed a list of solutions for inclusion in breed–neutral laws that hold reckless dog owners accountable for their aggressive animals: Enhanced enforcement of dog license laws, with adequate fees to augment animal control budgets and surcharges on ownership of unaltered dogs to help fund low–cost pet- sterilization programs. High–penalty fees should be imposed on those who fail to license a dog.Enhanced enforcement of leash/dog–at–large laws, with adequate penalties to supplement animal control funding and to ensure the law is taken seriously. Dangerous dog laws that are breed neutral and focus on the behavior of the individual dog, with mandated sterilization and microchipping of dogs deemed dangerous and options for mandating muzzling, confinement, adult supervision, training, owner education, and a hearings process with gradually increasing penalties, including euthanasia, in aggravated circumstances such as when a dog causes unjustified injury or simply cannot be controlled. (“Unjustified” typically is taken to mean the dog was not being harmed or provoked by anyone when the attack occurred.) Laws that hold dog owners financially accountable for failure to adhere to animal control laws, and also hold them civilly and criminally liable for unjustified injuries or damage caused by their dogs.
Laws that prohibit chaining or tethering, coupled with enhanced enforcement of animal cruelty and fighting laws. Studies have shown that chained dogs are an attractive nuisance to children and others who approach them.
The National Canine Research Council has identified the most common factors found in fatal dog attacks occurring in 2006:
97 percent of the dogs involved were not spayed or neutered.
84 percent of the attacks involved owners who had abused or neglected their dogs, failed to contain their dogs, or failed to properly chain them
78 percent of the dogs were not kept as pets but as guard , breeding, or yard dogs.
A report on media bias by the National Canine Research Council (available on their website at Media/audience-interest test) compared the type of media coverage given for dog attacks that occurred during a four–day period in August 2007 with intriguing results:
On day one, a Labrador mix attacked an elderly man, sending him to the hospital. News stories of his attack appeared in one article in the local paper.
On day two, a mixed–breed dog injured a child. The local paper ran two stories.
On day one, a Labrador mix attacked an elderly man, sending him to the hospital. News stories of his attack appeared in one article in the local paper.
On day two, a mixed–breed dog injured a child. The local paper ran two stories.
On day three, a mixed–breed dog attacked a child, sending him to the hospital. One article ran in the local paper.
On day four, two pit bulls that broke off their chains attacked a woman trying to protect her small dog. She was hospitalized. Her dog was uninjured. This attack was reported in more than 230 articles in national and international newspapers and on the major cable news networks.
It is not a stretch to see how such news coverage could influence calls for breed bans from the frightened public and its legislators
It is not a stretch to see how such news coverage could influence calls for breed bans from the frightened public and its legislators
Diane M Campbell
Want to be insulted just comment on these blogs.
All you have to do is visit these sites but actually I give some of these pages credit because at least they let you comment ( after they approve it )on their posts most sites just post their opinions and leave you no place to disagree with their beliefs.
Craven Desires, Dangerous by default, Americas dog,The truth about pitbulls,, gripping dogs, pit-nutters, etc etc etc all of these pages influenced by the biggest hate page of all dogsbite.org a page thats run by a woman who is a web page designer but feels that she is an authority on canine behavior.
And when her page has been discredited by legitimate Animal experts she claims they taking money from dog fighters ...so the A.S.P.C.A , Mspca , Akc , ukc and other national organizations are on the take so that dog fighters can prevail . What a load of crap !
Visit one of these pages and stand up for what you believe , and see what good citizens have to say to you because you don't agree with their unsubstantial opinions. Here's a perfect example Fight for your rights wrote Mar 26, 2012 12:33 PM
@ zoologic and
the rest who keep saying aggression is genetic I got this link the same
place where Zoo got his it was right next to it I wonder why it wasn't
posted though.
Imagine it says that owners are responsible for
their dogs aggression not what breed they are. I,m sure there will still
be many reasons why the study is false along with a few insults.
Lets try this answer honestly if you can.
1) What is the most abused dog in the country with dog fighting
and people who exploit and neglect them.
2)If you said pitbulls you would be right so that would mean there are more problem pitbulls than other dogs.
3) If there are more problem dogs of a certain breed then wont you see more attacks by that breed ?
4)Now
that that's established you should see what the problem is and guess
what its not the breed its the bad owners who are responsible not 100 %
of the time but i bet 95 % of the time it is the case.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090424114315.htm
ReplyDelete
skeptifem wrote Mar 27, 2012 11:07 PM
3-
No. If toy poodles were the most abused dogs in the country, it would
not follow that they would cause the most harm to people. They do not
have the breeding to cause significant harm to the vast majority of
people. They could hurt disabled people or young children, and even then
they would have difficulty killing them. This is why it isn't extremely
relevant if the owners are causing the problem (meaning someone gets
killed roughly every 21 days, in addition to countless amputations,
scalpings, and serious injuries).
I have a question for you-
doesn't the methodology of the science daily article bother you? They
talk about dog aggression being dependent on if the owner "establishes
dominance" but they don't even discuss what that means. If the study
observers (if they used observers instead of self reporting, they don't
really say) had a bias they could easily say that any continued
aggression in a gripping dog was due to owners failing to establish
dominance. They don't even define "aggression", if it is defined as
posturing and threatening behavior these may not be present before an
attack in a game bred dog. The study also don't look into why some dogs
aren't aggressive to start with, they more tackle the issue of how
aggression can be effectively dealt with once it has surfaced. This
piece of shit study can't stand up to the conclusions of the russian
study on foxes and aggression. Not in the amount of data that they
collected or the quality of the study. Few conclusions can be drawn from
a single study without someone else duplicating the results repeatedly
in the future.
I get sick and tired of people thinking that
science is a matter of finding some crappy study to support whatever you
want it to- questions about methodology are extremely important, and so
is looking at the actual data. I have read more than one article about a
study that conflicted with the data in the study itself.
Also,
if you are the douchecanoe who used a graphic of a pit bull in a native
american head dress to bolster your pit bull activism- fuck you,
seriously. Native american genocide is still going on, it isn't cool to
use images of native american culture or the tragedy of their genocide
to pony up guilt for dogs.
This response most likely wont be posted
We also have a new insult...... A douchecanoe !
Reply 4 /02/ 2012 10:30 pm fight4yourights wrote
Awesome
another unprovoked attack as I predicted ! I guess that's what you get
if you have an opinion on a situation that is different than yours. And
that picture with the Indian head dress is over 40 years old I didn't
make it and I don't see the harm in using that picture at all because it
was a wrong done to a entire race by our ignorant government. It may not
be as significant as what was done to the American Indians or what
Hitler did to the Jewish people but it is racial profiling and The
American Pitbull Terrier is facing Genocide in the face of BSL.
As
far as a toy poodle being used as your comparison of a dog being abused
turning human aggressive & causing the same damage yes your right
there's no comparison but we are not talking about five to eight pound
dogs were talking about dogs who are 55 lbs to over 100 lbs and on that
scale you would have German shepherds, Doberman's, Akitas , American
bull dogs ,Labradors ,Rottweilers & mastiffs to name a few all who
if placed in the same abusive & negligent situations would be just
as destructive to human flesh as any Pitbull Terrier.
Also I find
it funny that there was no mention of feces when Zoologic posted
study's from science daily only when one was posted by someone who
doesn't agree with your posted thoughts on a matter and that's all these
are " your posted thoughts" just because you believe it does not make
it true, but back to the subject why is it when I use the same source of
info as your posters mine is suddenly no good ! Why is that ?
There's
over three million Pitbulls in our country so even if 30,000 Pitbulls
attacked it would leave 99% who never do anything wrong... the problem
is people...irresponsible owners not a entire breed of dog. There are
many good Pitbull stories that the news doesn't go national with because
it doesn't bring ratings . These story's are on a dog web site not a
pro Pitbull site just a dog site, scroll back to just the beginning of
the year and there is 10 or fifteen positive Pitbull story's that never
make national headlines & this is only one site from this year
alone. All im saying is that there are more good Pitbulls out there than
there are bad ones stop being influenced by the media and fear .
copy & paste link http://www.lifewithdogs.tv/?s=pit+bull
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