On Thursday, October 25, 2012, Friends of MADACC are hosting a viewing of the film, “Beyond the Myth,” at the Landmark Oriental Theater located at 2230 N. Farwell Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Over the years, pit bull dogs have been banned or regulated in many Wisconsin communities, including Cudahy, South Milwaukee, Milwaukee and St. Francis. These regulations may include fencing requirements, extra insurance, or walking or collar requirements. These regulations increase surrenders and deter adoptions and result in increased deaths of these dogs in our animal shelters.
While nobody argues that the owners of dangerous dogs should be held accountable for their actions; targeting pit bull dogs is the wrong way to go about it. Every dog deserves to be judged fairly and individually, not profiled by how they look.
Breed discriminatory legislation is a misguided attempt to reduce the number of fatalities and injuries caused by dogs. Breed discriminatory legislation will not only exhaust the limited resources of the already underfunded animal control programs by flooding them with potentially "unadoptable" dogs; it could cost individual communities millions of dollars while providing questionable results fulfilling its purpose of preventing dog related injuries and fatalities.
If you are interested in learning more about Breed Discriminatory Legislation and it's costly effects on your community please make plans to attend this movie. Tickets are available in advance at this link: http://madaccfriends.org/
If not, then what breed? The non-answers that everyone has given amount to "uh, well, we can't really know for sure, because it's impossible for law enforcement and animal control personnel to tell one dog from another, and anyway the media hates pit bulls, so the question is stupid and I hate you Taoist! You're so mean!"
Hey, I came into this trying to point out a simple fact, which is that Pit bulls have killed more people than any other breed of dog, and I've been called an @sshole, a sociopath, and worse. So, the person who turned on the name calling wasn't me - in fact, it never is - but I won't sit and take abuse for making a single, factual point, without making my feelings clear.
Now, just examine the tables presented in that study. They clearly show that more human beings were killed by pit bulls than any other breed of dog. Or do they show something else? What does that data say, prior to your or the CDC's spin cycle?
http://www.ask.com/wiki/Pit_bull As you can see, it is a subjective terminology to label a 'breed'. Again I reiterate: A vicious animal has no place in a civilized home or neighborhood. I don't care if it is a Tiger or Mutt- if it is dangerous, then it should be exterminated.
And to support this breed and any breed against uninformed public,i don't need to be a liberal unlike some here incoherent try to claim. ALSO notable that there are here forum members who are willing to give their last breath of air to protect the right to keep a gun or multiple guns at their house.Based on a argument of guns don't kill people but people do.Yet..........a pit bull breed is more deadlier then a gun or their owners....I know some like to smoke pot but don't bring your warped hallucination into this debate.
An ankle biter is one thing, but an animal who outweighs most adults and has the strength of a gorilla is therefore uncontrollable. There could be a compramise in legislation on pitts- people can own them, but keep them caged and away from the public. The zoo does this with animals humanely, so can pitbull owners.
Imagine that you have a Pit Bull living next door on one side, while a Chow Chow lives next door on the other side. Which dog is more likely to kill you, the Chow Chow, or the Pit Bull? Answer in as few words as possible, please. Two will suffice.
Should Taoist Crocodile be denied of his right to the pursuit of peace and happiness in his own yard so an animal can have free reign? And.. If that dog owner can not afford to feed the dog, should the dog be allowed to eat your children because it is their natural instinct to hunt for meat? When do the potential victims have rights?
*************************** It'll be interesting to see if this particular statement gets anywhere near the blowback Tao has gotten for their posts here.
"I've known two pit bulls in my life, and they were both owned by delusional women..." Yeah. That's your problem right there. You've known two, and they were owned by crazy people. I can promise you those dogs weren't remotely well-treated, properly socialized or even slightly trained. Two isn't anything to write home about. That shows you have no experience in this area whatsoever, except by word of mouth. You must be in with that bitch who runs Dogsbite. My pit bull will be four in March and has been attacked by other dogs (it doesn't matter the breed, but no, they were NEVER pit bulls) on three separate occasions. All three times, he has immediately rolled onto his back, and I'M the one who has to do the fighting, because some asshole hasn't taken proper care of his dog.
Additionally, how do we know those "3 pit bulls" you claim to have owned were actually pit bulls and not just some Lab-mix you misidentified as a pit bull?