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Questions Unanswered in Kennel Club BSL Controversy
Posted By Alison Green Date: 19/02 Posted Under: Breed Specific Legislation, Canine Columns, Dangerous DogsOn Monday 18th February, the Kennel Club held their pit bull identification course. Trainees spent a shocking 2.5 hours learning how to identify a dog based on it having a substantial number of characteristics of “a pit bull type”.
In a recent article on the subject I asked, among other questions:
Whether there will be a “type” [...]
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Want to Send a Dog to Its Death? Get ‘Qualified’ to do so in 240 Minutes
Posted By Alison Green Date: 12/02 Posted Under: Breed Specific Legislation, Canine Columns, Dangerous Dogs, Dog NewsKennel Club to train up Pit Bull Identification experts in just four hours
The Kennel Club, despite its cries of “Deed Not Breed” are planning to create a panel of “experts” trained to identify pit bull type dogs. I use the term “experts” lightly because these particular “experts” will attend a course just FOUR hours long.
The [...]
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Communication Breakdown Will Seriously Hinder Dangerous Dog Legislation
Posted By Alison Green Date: 21/01 Posted Under: Animal Welfare, Dangerous Dogs, Social IssuesWhat we have here is failure to communicate, writes Alison Green
I have tried, really tried, for the last two days to make sense of the proposal for a Control of Dogs (Scotland) Bill by MPS Alex Neil. I have forced everyone I know to listen to me asking question after question [...]
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