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Information to include in your BSL
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The
American Temperament Testing Society does temperament testing throughout
the year at breed clubs and complies the statistics. The 2002
statistics show APBTs, AMSTAFFs, and Rottiweilers in the 82 percentile.
Golden Retrievers, Bichon Frise 77%, Chihuahua 71%, Greyhound 81%, Lhasa
Apso 71%. These test results are available at
www.atts.org |
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Kristine
Crawford has a team of pit bulls who are the top rated Search and Rescue
dogs in the US. They were asked by NASA to assist in the recent shuttle
tragedy, they also assisted in the recent missing girl in CA. Tell all
of these families that these dogs are evil, vicious or dangerous. These
dogs have brought joyful reunions, and in some cases closure to a
suffering family, I assure you these people would tell you how wonderful
these dogs are! |
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There is a
general misconception that dog aggression and human aggression are the
same thing, this is WRONG! In the canine world there are several types
of aggression, fear, food, territory, displaced, etc. Pit bulls were
bred to fight dogs, true they can be dog aggressive, but they are NOT
human aggressive. Due to the nature of dog fighting any signs of human
aggression was bred out of the lines. |
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Prince
George County Maryland did very intensive research into their current
ban on Pit Bulls last summer. They formed a large taskforce to review
their vicious dog law. After months of research they produced a 300+
page report and one of the recommendations was to lift the ban because
of cost, ineffectiveness, and it punishes the responsible dog owners and
does nothing to the irresponsible dog owners who are the problem.
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Dade County Florida has had a
ban on Pit Bulls since 1988 and as of 2002 there were an estimated
50,000 pit bulls living in the county. BSL has been proven in a court of
law to be unconstitutional by the Alabama Supreme Court, and a Westbury,
NY court. There are also 3 cases still pending. |
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These organizations have
written position statements against BSL. The AKC, ASPCA, UKC, SPCA,
AVMA and the HSUS jsut to name a few. |
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BSL punishes responsible dog owners
while bad dog owners go underground. Responsible dog owners leave
the city or county. |
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Loss of revenue, dog owners
often stop traveling through BSL cities, counties. There are many
websites devoted to alerting people to BSL areas. Also Dog Club
shows, competitions, etc will look to hold conferences, shows, etc in
NON-BSL locations.. |
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Costly to the city and taxpayers.
Higher cost to enforce BSL, more kennels to house the dogs, vet
care, food, Euthanasia, etc. |
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Bite severity is not specific to a
breed. ALL dogs bite! |
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Diffculty in determining breed.
There are 25 + breeds that are commonly incorrectly identified as pit
bulls. |
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Pit Bull is not a breed of dog.
So the definition varies. |
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Bite Statistics are inaccurate for
many reasons, including pit bull are not a breed, but a term for 3
breeds. So when looking at the report the number of pit bull bites
should be divided by 3 immed. to be remotely fair. |
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BSL does nothing to educate or
protect the citizens from dangerous dogs. Dogs of any breed can be
dangerous. Laws need to be based on the Deed, not the breed. |
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