Comments on: I Love Dogs, So Why Did I Have to Kill a Happy, Healthy Animal?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:34:26 +0000

What a sad story and what a terrible situation for Celine to have been in. I am surprised that this was her first healthy dog she had to have PTS tho. Healthy PBT types are being PTS almost weekly if not daily due to these pathetic laws. What has our country become?

By: my pit loves me

my pit loves me — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:58:07 +0000

As i read this story i cryed my eyes out… But my best friend (my 70lb. 5yo. Pit) Harly, came up to me and wiped the tears from my face with his big ol’ toung….this is another form of race crime…. Its like saying all white people are well off, asians are great at math, africans are good at all sports, ect. The same things is happining to our pets, saying Pits and Rotties are dangerous. Labs are calm, ect. In my oppinion people are trying to save the lives of so many animals that are are on the indangered spiceas list they have stopped careing about other animals. Tigers are dangerous, should we kill all the tigers? Same as wolves. Should we wipe them out to? ….if people remove everything concitered “dangerous” we would have to destroy humans first. We kill without cause, steel for no reson, lie for no reson, show little remorse for actions. BSL is wrong, it is just another race discrimination, but now we have chosen a race that cant voice there oppinion. If you disagree feel free to tell me. Eli

By: Dawn

Dawn — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:28:35 +0000

Discrimination always begets injustice.

By: HaileysMom

HaileysMom — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:40:22 +0000

I just cant keep from shaking my head…What is wrong with you people. There are people killing each other over drugs or maybe just $5.00. And you are worried about PITBULLS…Such a sad world that we live in. We know have the LAW telling us what breed of dog we can own..Well I for one will ALWAYS own a pitbull. No doubt. Always Will. If it means that I have to move 2 states away, so be it. I just wish the People who are behind this bill would open their eyes. Might I suggest that each and every person who is in aggreement with the BSL Bill, each one of you visit a shelter local to you. When you get there let the staff know that you are interested in seeing a pitbull. Because I am sure if you DID, you would OPPOSE that Bill and be fighting like we all are. Give them a chance…

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:54:05 +0000

This makes me very sad. My heart goes out to Celine and Red. I am utterly baffled that in this day and age where people are very aware of their own personal rights, we still have some who believe these laws are a good idea.

By: Nugga

Nugga — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:27:56 +0000

Well when i read this story i cried buckets such a sad situation, i’m all for its not the breed its the owners, i can’t comment on celines situation as i have not been there, maybe i would maybe i wouldn’t have done it different, i don’t know till it happens. The BSL definately needs looking at and we also need some protection for us responsible owners. We are all on the same boat here and should be getting our heads together and figuring out a solution.

By: Maccabees

Maccabees — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:09:17 +0000

Alex,

I join you in your condemnation of “blind adherence to the law”. But the comparison of events in play that caused two world wars and the loss of millions of human lives to breed specific legislation and the insane labeling of certain breeds of dogs as evil, degrades the validity of your argument. Save the drama for Hollywood.

As a dog lover and a defiant opponent of BSL, I would never compare the author of the article above with those that were complicit in the murder of millions of innocent people. In short, get a grip.

I will grant you that those who succumb to using stereotyping as an excuse to give up thinking never need to be placed in positions of power. That is where “we the people” need to stand up and speak up to change the status quo. Pit bull owners need to be vigilant in making certain their pets are the creme de la creme of all pet dogs. Education of the ignorant is the best way defy and overcome the wrong we see in BSL.

In WWII, Allied powers spent much time and effort in planning assassinations of Axis leaders. Ultimately, the US dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan to stop that conflict. Surely you realize that such extremes are not the proper route of defiance to BSL.

Historic comparisons can be useful; just make sure they are valid.

By: alex can

alex can — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:28:42 +0000

Cuthbert Jackson, it is those who have a blind adherence to the law which allowed the Holocaust to occur in two world wars, the killers were acting within the law! Dogs do not stop breeding because you say they should. Animal cruelty is animal cruelty, whether Japanese whalers, dog fighters or animal control officers along with vets who kill healthy dogs.

‘Just following orders’ is not an excuse.

Given what is happening to animals in the UK is it any wonder society is becoming more violent and uncaring!

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By: Cuthbert Jackson

Cuthbert Jackson — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:16:23 +0000

Rhea: You and people like you have caused this problem. Beacause you have chosen to ignore the law others have chosen to ignore the law i.e. knowing that a dog is a Pit Bull Terrier Type and is prohibited but deciding to ignore that fact.
This in turn has enabled people who care nothing about these dogs other than as a boost to their macho image to return to open use of this ‘type’ of dog in their activities, and others, who either don’t know what they have or have decided to ignore the law (both of which in my opinion indicate serious irresponsibility) to march them openly around the streets re-focusing the public’s attention on the ‘type’ - which is prohibited and the public know are prohibited.
Let this be absolutely clear the law has not been repealed and until it is, it is the law.
Law is not changed by people ignoring it!
It may be wrongly conceived but it is the law.
You have every right to oppose it, as do I, but it is the law and you have absolutely no right to ignore it or demand of other people that they ignore it.
It was a law brought in to place with open support from the RSPCA and Dr Roger Mugford and tacit support and deafening silence from the Kennel Club.
Do not now use as your scapegoats those whose public duty is to enforce it, those whose occupational Association’s advice to government has always been against BSL.
Section one of the DDA continues to distract attention from the very real problems that need to be dealt with. It should be repealed and replaced with stronger legislation controlling all dog owners of any ‘type’of dog.
But note well that at the moment the proposals from a Scottish Parliamentary Minister for ‘modernisation’ of the law, supported by the Kennel Club (and with the underlying support of the published work of the Dangerous Dogs Act Study Group (DDASG) a sub-group of the Dog Legislation Advisory Group (DLAG) on which the Kennel Club, RSPCA and Dogs Trust sit) do NOT seek to repeal section one, they simply expand on the content of section 3, and in the process draw away from the civil actions available in the 1871 Act.
If you and other critics of the legislation wish to know more about this read preceeding articles and comments within this e-publication.
In the meantime do not cry over things you brought about yourself - work to change them.