Does anyone know anything about the Pitbull ban?

Question

I am seeing more and more video blogs about pit bulls but its very un-informative. Are there people trying to ban the owning/selling/breeding of pitbulls? if so who are they? is PETA involved? I thought they were for the ethical treatment? If this goes through can they force an american to sign over their dog even if it passes a temperament test?

Answer 1

7 Things You Didn't Know About PETA


1) PETA president and co-founder Ingrid Newkirk has described her group’s overall goal as “total animal liberation.” This means no meat, no milk, no zoos, no circuses, no wool, no leather, no hunting, no fishing, and no pets (not even seeing-eye dogs). PETA is also against all medical research that requires the use of animals.
2) Despite its constant moralizing about the “unethical” treatment of animals by restaurant owners, grocers, farmers, scientists, anglers, and countless other Americans, PETA has killed over 10,000 dogs and cats at its Norfolk, Virginia headquarters. During 2003, PETA put to death over 85 percent of the animals it collected from members of the public.

3) PETA has given tens of thousands of dollars to convicted arsonists and other violent criminals. This includes a 2001 donation of $1,500 to the North American Earth Liberation Front (ELF), an FBI-certified “domestic terrorist” group responsible for dozens of firebombs and death threats. During the 1990s, PETA paid $70,200 to an Animal Liberation Front (ALF) activist convicted of burning down a Michigan State University research laboratory. In his sentencing recommendation, a federal prosecutor implicated PETA president Ingrid Newkirk in that crime. And PETA vegetarian campaign coordinator Bruce Friedrich told an animal rights convention in 2001 that “blowing stuff up and smashing windows” is “a great way to bring about animal liberation.”

4) PETA activists regularly target children as young as six years old with anti-meat and anti-milk propaganda, often waiting outside their schools to intercept them as they walk to and from class-without notifying parents. One piece of kid-targeted PETA literature tells small children: “Your Mommy Kills Animals!” PETA brags that its messages reach over 2 million children every year, including thousands reached by e-mail without the permission of their parents. One PETA vice president told the Fox News Channel’s audience: “Our campaigns are always geared towards children, and they always will be.”

5) PETA has used a related organization, the PETA Foundation, to fund the misnamed Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a deceptive animal rights group that promotes itself as an unbiased source of medical and nutritional information. PCRM's president also serves as president of the PETA Foundation.

6) PETA runs campaigns seemingly calculated to offend religious believers. One entire PETA website is devoted to the claim-despite ample evidence to the contrary-that Jesus Christ was a vegetarian. PETA holds protests at houses of worship, even suing one church that tried to protect its members from Sunday-morning harassment. Its billboards taunt Christians with the message that hogs “died for their sins.” PETA insists, contrary to centuries of rabbinical teaching, that the Jewish ritual of kosher slaughter shouldn't be allowed. And its infamous “Holocaust on Your Plate” campaign crassly compares the Jewish victims of Nazi genocide with farm animals.

7) PETA has repeatedly attacked research foundations like the March of Dimes, the Pediatric AIDS Foundation, and the American Cancer Society, because they support animal-based research that might uncover cures for birth defects and life-threatening diseases. PETA president Ingrid Newkirk has said that “even if animal research resulted in a cure for AIDS, we would be against it.”

Answer 2

Where I live there are laws about "vicious dogs" and pit bulls are automatically put into that category. If you own a V.D. it must be neutered, must wear muzzle when out walking on leash, and must be enclosed when in yard - not just by fence, but completely enclosed in a dog run with a top.

I know all this because someone in my neighborhood reported that there was a pit bull at my house, and I got a citation. This is probably the way Vicious Dog owners are usually "caught".

Some neighborhoods are more tolerant of dogs, so it's a good idea to know where you stand with neighbors regarding the subject of dogs.

Answer 3

Some people are, its sad. They are very good dogs in the hands of responsible owners. Any dog can be agressive if not trained properly.

There are several cities across the country that do not allow some breeds, and many others that say if you own certian breeds, like pitts and rotts that they have to be spayed or nutered. IT is amazing what a few bad owners can do to hurt the reputation of a good breed....and hurt the people who care about these so called "visious breeds". In the hands of good owners these dogs can be very loving. Pitts in fact were actually breed to be family friendly and non-people agressive. Even fighting dogs had to be handled regularily by people so this trait was not acceptabe and many dogs who showed this were killed on the spot. These dogs just attract bad people because of the history behind the breed and its a shame that the good people can't overcome that.

Answer 4

I agree with the "vicious breed" answer. There are many states trying to do this and I think it is really bogus. Every good dog owner knows it's not the dog, It's the person raising the dog. Pit bulls are one of the best breeds out there. They are good listeners and fun to have around. I live with a roommate and we have 2 of them, and love them very much. Even Ceasar says they are one of the best dog breeds.

Answer 5

Denver alread bans pitbulls, there are people in CA trying to do the same thing, its supposed to be a gradual ban, but already people are meeting with trouble when trying to get a pit in orange county.

Answer 6

i dont know a lot but i have heard of certain states and town banning them.i have 2 myself and we move alot from state to state doing construction for ethonal plants and i have been to a couple of towns where we moved and they wouldnt let us live there unless our dogs were boarded.b/c they was banned there . thats all i really know.

Answer 7

I hope not my bf dog is the sweetest dog you could ever meet we want to breed him so we can have more sweet dogs like him

Answer 8

TAKE ONE MIN. AND LOOK ABOUT PETA

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Answer 9

Yes, I work part time trying to rescue these and greyhounds.
Check out
http://www.gopetition.com/msg.php?msgid=99078

issues on petitions to save them and information.
you can always write for more info at my rescue group at:
http://www.pitbullrescuesandiego.com/