Thursday 6 November 2014

BARBARA kAY, DOES ANYONE TAKE HER SERIOUSLY ANYMORE

Barbara Kay
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014
The pit bull advocacy movement (PBAM), one of our culture’s oddest phenomena, passionately resists all evidence that casts their beloved breed in a negative light. AP Photo/The Arizona Republic
November 9-15 is Awareness for Victims of Canine Attack (AVOCA) week. As if to mark the occasion – in the most negative way possible – the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec has announced the repeal of a two-decade long ban on ownership of pit bull type dogs, to begin January 1. Explaining the repeal, city officials claimed that “experts” had said the dogs were no more dangerous than other breeds, and that it’s difficult to prove that a dog is “purebred pit bull.”
Sherbrooke’s announcement comes hard on the heels of an opposite announcement from Aurora, Colorado, which just held a public referendum on the same repeal issue. The question asked was, “KEEPING OF PIT BULLS – Shall the people of Aurora adopt an ordinance allowing pit bulls back into their city?” The people of Aurora spoke unequivocally, with 68% of Aurora voters rejecting repeal. The same scenario played out in Miami-Dade county a few years ago, when a repeal of an existing ban was subjected to a public referendum.
There is a reason over 35 countries have imposed partial or full bans on pit bulls
The pit bull advocacy movement in both cases put on a well-organized and costly campaign. But ordinary people did not drink their Kool-Aid – that is, the false claim that pit bull type dogs are no more dangerous than other breeds. The “experts” Sherbrooke claims to have consulted are doubtless pit bull advocates and industry stakeholders, who prefer theories to epidemiological data. Moreover it isn’t necessary to prove that a pit bull is a “purebred,” since the entire cluster of pit bull type dogs is the problem. All fighting dogs have the same propensity to impulsive aggression and severe, prolonged mauling instincts. Identifying them is not difficult at all.
There is a reason over 35 countries have imposed partial or full bans on pit bulls, and that about 500 cities in North America ban them. In the nine-year period from 2005-13, pit bulls killed 176 Americans and accounted for 62% of the total recorded dogbite-related deaths (283), even though they represent only 6% of the breed population.
In an open debate, which a public referendum would have facilitated, this fact and other incriminating evidence would have persuaded people that pit bull type dogs are a public safety risk. In an open debate, it would have come to light that the Ontario ban on pit bull type dogs, in place since 2005, and also under pressure by pit bull advocates for repeal, has successfully – dramatically! – reduced the number of maulings and maimings, which is the whole point of a ban.
It makes no sense to introduce the “complaints-based system” Sherbrooke has in mind. What good is a “complaint” to a mauled victim or the owner of a dead pet dog or cat (pit bull type dogs are responsible for virtually all dogbite-related deaths of pets and other domestic animals)? Sherbrooke is putting the so-called “right” of people to own dangerous dogs above the right of people to live in safety.
(JASON KRYK/ The Windsor Star)
The first principle of public safety is to protect people from themselves. Instead of posting signs advising people to drive safely, we impose speed limits. Instead of reminding people to avoid scalding themselves by turning the cold water on along with the hot water, we compel water companies to reduce the maximum heat level on their end. Instead of cautioning children to avoid falling from jungle gyms on to concrete playgrounds, we regulate a more forgiving playground surface.
In other words, public safety is about creating a friendlier environment in which people can go about their business without endangering themselves through their own negligence and carelessness. We know from experience that educating dog owners, asking them to enclose their dogs and any other number of precautionary measures are not adequate to protect them from pit bull type dogs, a disproportionate number of which are in the hands of society’s least responsible citizens.
When public safety measures work, they are invisible to the community. When someone fails to turn on the cold water tap before stepping into the shower and doesn’t get scalded, hospital logs don’t register his non-appearance. When pit bulls don’t inhabit a city and children don’t get mauled, that isn’t recorded. The fact that children are not getting mauled in Sherbrooke with the ban in place is therefore no reason to repeal it, but a reason to maintain it.
Sherbrooke officials could rethink their decision, calling for data from objective investigative experts with no skin in the pit bull industry (including shelters and rescue units with pit bull-skewed biases, not to mention veterinarian associations, who cannot afford to offend any single group of owners). Better still, let them throw the question to the public. Let victims tell their stories. Then let the people who have to live with these unpredictable animals, bred for the sole purpose of inflicting suffering, decide.
National Post
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William Johnson main instigator!!

William Johnson
October 21 at 6:31pm
Craven had blogged about Longmont Humane Society earlier this month. Nancy from ColoRADogs is closely tied with them, Nancy imports litters of pit bull puppies from outside of Colorado to sell. While LHS charges a large fee to "rehabilitate" aggressive dogs from other shelters then releases them back into the community. This is who is spearheading the effort to repeal the ban on pit bulls in Aurora, CO. They have a vested financial interest in repeal. The voters of Aurora would be wise to vote NO on proposition 2D.

craven desires: The Longmont Humane Society is Killing Pets and Hurting People Across the Country
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October 21 at 8:54pm · Like · 2

Rose Solesky It will put our mind at ease when the powers that be ban the adoption of Pit Bulls and save the lives of our innocent children and adults who have been scared and killed by this animal. No breed of animal shud be more important then the lives of humans. I don't know how anyone can read about these tragidies because of an animal and fight to save them for adoption. Unconsionable!!!!!!
October 22 at 12:14am · Like · 5

Lucy Muir LOL! that is the gift of willful ignorance wrapped in a pretty ribbon made of crocodile tears! Jeff Borchardt
October 22 at 5:07am · Like · 3

Jeff Borchardt Here's a good one Lucy Muir https://www.facebook.com/PBPMR/photos/a.517250975038795.1073741829.516353878461838/643310152432876/?type=1
October 22 at 7:39am · Like · 1

Jenny Pollman I would just LOVE to know why they think Colleen with dogsbite, has taken advantage of jeff. They both work together for a common goal. To save lives and educate people so these attacks stop. It makes absolutely no sense that anyone is taking advantage of anyone. It's called team work... And we all work together for the same purpose. Pit bull people are just plain twisted.
October 23 at 1:21pm · Like · 5

William Johnson They're bizarre. Really bizarre thinking. The very first time I called Colleen, we were on the phone for almost two hours. She is incredibly supportive and in no way manipulated me or my thinking. I am proud to call her a friend. Pit bull apologists hatred of her just shows you how effective she really is.
October 23 at 1:29pm · Like · 5

Jenny Pollman I just really want to know WHAT she's doing to use all of us and especially jeff?? What exactly?? I mean, Jeff's son was killed, and Colleen was attacked... Your daughter was attacked.. Dennis's granddaughter was attacked... You ALL are victims. So why wouldn't you band together to make changes?? Who wouldn't seek out some people with similar experiences for support??? Mothers against drunk drivers band together to make changes and advocate against drunk drivers because their child was killed by a drunk driver. So are they a cult?? Is the person that started that advocating group a cult leader?? Just using and taking advantage of people too?? I mean really... There's Cancer support groups as well for people and their loved ones going through cancer. Are they a cult too?? These people are just plain f'd in the head with their ridiculous excuses.
October 23 at 2:51pm · Like · 3


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