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Pit bull ban fails to reduce dog bites
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason May 02, 2010 02:41pm |
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| Author | Don Peat |
| News Date | Thursday, April 29, 2010 12:50:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The provincial government is barking up the wrong tree by dooming pit bulls in a bid to collar dog attacks, says the embattled Toronto Humane Society.
A survey of municipalities conducted by the society revealed no significant drop in dog bite cases since the government passed breed specific legislation in 2005 that resulted in “countless” pit bulls and related Staffordshire Terriers being destroyed.
In a statement, the THS called on the provincial government to amend its breed specific legislation and “stop the punishment of innocent animals.”
According to the society, there was a 10% drop in dog bite cases from 2004 to 2005, to just over 5,000. The survey showed a slight drop again in 2006, then the number of cases increased to about to about the 2005 level by last year.
“Banning the entire breed is not a solution,” THS spokesman Ian McConachie told the Sun.
The province should look at alternatives like licensing animal owners and better public education, he said.
“Dogs are not born violent,” McConachie said. Instead, they are “made that way by irresponsible owners who train them to be that way or neglect them and they develop behavioural problems. |
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