Banning pit-bull-type dogs is not the answer ["Rein them in before they attack again," editorial, Nov. 9]. In 1991 when the United Kingdom banned pit bulls it was found that even after the pit bull population steeply declined, the number dog bite incidents remained the same. Why? The number of irresponsible dog owners stayed the same. The fact is that dog bites rarely happen randomly to people walking down the street. Most dog bites (77 percent) happen to a family member or a friend. The majority of bites are perpetrated by un-neutered male dogs.
2006-12-09 19:09:31 · 11 answers · asked by raven blackwing 6 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Exactly why breed specific legislation doesn't work. It is the people choosing to make a dog mean, or simply not neutering or not socializing the dog.
Socializing a dog doesn't mean it just plays nicely with dogs it knows, but it has been exposed to several new dogs and learned how to properly interact. Puppy kindergarten, training before your puppy reaches 5 months old is the greatest preventative of future aggression.
Killing all pitbulls because 1-5% of them are bad makes as much sense as trying to end violent crime by incarcerating all men, because statistically men commit most of the violent crime.
More children are killed by their own parents than by dogs.
2006-12-09 22:23:19 · answer #1 · answered by renodogmom 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no. banning pit bulls will not stop people from owning them. it will only cause the people that do to keep them locked up all the time out of sight. giving the dog NO social skills and they will never have experiences with anyone or any thing that a dog of a different breed receives. it is out of fear that any kind of animal bites or attacks, like if it feels threatened. if the only thing it's ever experienced is being locked up, kept away from everyone and anything then it will not know how to behave or how to handle every day situations. so if it's ever is placed in a new environment or if it gets loose into a an unknown place it's most likely to be scared when approached by anyone. i luckily live in a city where you're allowed to have a dog of any breed as long as you register it, show rabies vaccination, and it's not vicious. i own 2 pits as well as 2 kids. i took efforts to socialize both. and it makes me proud when i see people other then me walking their pits down the sidewalks of our town!!
2006-12-11 05:04:09 · answer #2 · answered by kriztles 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The banning of another being from having life and freedom is inhumane first of all. To ask if it will work. Money would and could make it work, but some politicians have bigger issues and those that don't like in the smaller states do put these topics on the table. Will it work though? Technically it depends on the location of where the proposed ban is taking place. All in all it's not going to eliminate a breed in whole.
2006-12-09 19:19:49 · answer #3 · answered by mythbuster 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The solution would be to euthanize the stupid and irresponsible dog owners! Pit-bulls are extremely loving dogs, and in a loving home make excellent pets. It is sad that they have been given a bad reputation just because some people treat them poorly (cruelly) and are too ignorant to own ANY animal.
2006-12-09 19:14:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
banning the breed is not the answer. because they are banned does not necessarily mean people will get rid of them they just hide them better or dump them and dumping these poor dogs contribute more problems because they are hungry and when a dog is hungry they will react in differant ways.
irresponsible dog owners will never change and that is just that, it is the fault of the owner Not the dog
2006-12-10 00:46:10 · answer #5 · answered by badgirl41 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
important fact and that i agree thoroughly. the rationalization why greater rules are carried out each and daily is by using the fact the full concept of BSL is to at last end all dogs possession all below the guise of conserving human beings from vicious, mean dogs. the significant's until the regulation starts off making human beings responsible for their strikes and the strikes of their dogs, BSL will replace not something. In Italy all of them began with a itemizing of 13 dogs on the risky dogs checklist and the checklist has now climbed to ninety two and the dogs on the checklist at the instant are not all super breed dogs there are dogs on the checklist including Corgis, Schipperkes and Schnauzers. people who have confidence that BSL will end with basically pit bulls or comparable variety dogs could awaken and spot what can and could happen. that is not proper what breed of dogs you very own, your breed of dogs can genuinely with one incident grow to be a objective for BSL. each dogs proprietor desires to combat against BSL, it must be the one you love breed next! I concern that finally we've could pass to dogs interior the zoo with something of the wild and unsafe animals. amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
2016-10-18 01:31:44 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree... Banning pit bulls or any other breed will not work!
It's the fault of the breeder and/or owner.
2006-12-09 19:14:15 · answer #7 · answered by Nikki 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Agreed. Owners breed cruelty. It isn't the fault of the dog.
2006-12-09 19:11:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
its not the answer, its like saying is segragation the answer to cool down racial problems. what about that good people with nice pit bulls? they have to give them up? and what happens to the dogs, they die because of a hole owners?
2006-12-09 19:12:50 · answer #9 · answered by Fatman 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They're just finding something new to distract us with. Just like how they went off on TV, video games, blahblahblah. Same old story.
Ignorance kills, and I will not let it take my good, loving dog from me.
2006-12-09 23:40:55 · answer #10 · answered by x. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋