PittBull Gestapo!

DENVER - The city of Denver has decided that a "20 year history" of data, revealing that attacks attributed to pittbulls are amongst the most damaging and fatal reported, is justification for the Gestapo tactics attributed to a new harsh ban on the breed altogether (n3wz st0ry linkz). The new ban coupled with strict totalitarian enforcement has led responsible owners of pittbulls to a lifestyle of hiding, and undeserved fear. Aside from the constitutional concerns involved with the invasive search and seizure tactics used by Denver, in that they are actually busting down doors and taking family pets that have no history or complaints for behavior, the policy also denies what is most likely a clear majority of responsible pittbull breed owners representation on the matter. The breed specific ban and enforcement policy also fails to address the matter of punishing and holding accountable persons that are not responsible and ethical in their treatment of these excellent companions. The most disturbing fact in this Associated Press story is that PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) creators of such zany movements as http://kentuckyfriedcruelty.com ,are in actually in full support of this unreasonable, unethical, and unjustly executed policy. I called PETA and asked them how, in light of their proclaimed efforts to teach and encourage responsible and ethical treatment of animals, they could support such a policy. The response: generalizations about pittbulls and misinformed nonsense.

Go back, if you will to the "20 year history" of data on pittbull attacks. Exactly what data does this history include? Does it have a criminal history of the owner? Does it contain a detail of living conditions of the canine? Does the list have a category for known interactions or interventions prior to the attack? Does the list have a breeding history for the canine in question? The questions and ambiguities of this data seem to be limitless. Denver has public officials creating bad policy that affects hundreds perhaps thousands of constituents without addressing the justifications for such policy in a scientific, academic, and honest manner. Even the 'experts' disagree with this bone headed policy. “If anyone says one dog is more likely to kill — unless there’s a study out there that I haven’t seen — that’s not based on scientific data," said Julie Gilchrist, a doctor at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who researches dog bites. (Associated Press Link)

What in the hell is the justification for the genocide of a breed of dogs that are equally as capable of living as perfectly good companions to humans as most others? What in the hell does PETA think they are accomplishing with their public approval of this nonsense, aside from further showing the hypocrisy and ignorance that often makes that organization the target of humor columnists worldwide. If you're a responsible pittbull owner like me, I encourage you to do your part by calling the dishonest cowardly weasels of PETA and letting them know how you feel. I've posted PETA info under LINKZ.

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