Well, the Ontario Government has officially become retarded. The pitbull ban has taken effect despite the recommendations of every organziation and association that has any expertise in the biology/psychology of dogs, and despite the statistics that dhwo pitbuls are not responsible for more than their fair share of dog bites. My favourite part was during the "campaign" in which they actually just MADE UP statistics. Like literally, just invented them, and then when anyone asked where they got their numbers (because there is nobody in Canada who has similar numbers) they said the political equivalent of "uhhh, Shut up!" They also literally refused to hear from experts from the Onatrio Veterinarian's Association to zoologists from prominent American Universites all of whom were saying "you know, we would be happy to consult with you on this, because you have it ALL wrong." They refsued to meet with tle. Their panel of experts? A bunch of people who had been mauled by pitbulls.
Honestly, I love pitbulls. Both my roommates have pitbulls or crosses and I've done pitbull rescue in the past. But really, it's not the ban so much as the sheer stupidity that is driving it that is bugin me so much. I cannot STAND just the blatant idiocy - the government has created this stupid, displaced fear "Oh, we'll all sleep so much safer in our little beds at night once the pitbulls have been banned" (as if) and then is shoving it's fingers in it's ears going "la la la, I can't hear you" when anyone tries to reason with it. Oh - the best part? Similar laws have been difficult to inforce because of the ntorious difficulty in actually IDENTIFYING what a pitbull or pitbull cross is - so the law applies to any dog that LOOKS like a pitbull. You could have a bloody bullmastiff and they could be like "OH well, it has "Bull" in the name, and has kind of pitty head..." Just. God.
Now I have a question - I know that Clayton Ruby has been retained to fight the law. I can't however, find any information on what grounds they intend to fight it. They are saying that they are fighting on constitutional grounds - but that sounds equally stupid. Dogs are not protected under the Charter. Any ideas?
By the way, if anyone wants to donate to the pitbully cause: http://www.bannedaid.com/



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She wasn't mean, she was just huge (110+ pounds) and didn't know her own strength.

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