Written by Steve Barker on September 19th, 2009
UPDATE Sept 21 2009: All three dogs have been determined to not be “pit bulls” and have been released to their owners.
ORIGINAL STORY September 19 2009: The Dog Legislation Council has been dealing with an issue that, up until yesterday, was kept under the radar in the hopes that things could be worked out amicably between the dogs’ owners and Sarnia Animal Control. Since the story hit the local newspaper yesterday, September 18, I feel it’s necessary to let everyone know what’s going on.
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Written by Steve Barker on September 12th, 2009
Congratulations to Nackawic town council for listening to your dog owners! There are plenty of other places in this country that could learn a thing or two from you.
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Written by Steve Barker on June 13th, 2007
There’s a little thing going on in Sarnia, Ontario, this week that illustrates some serious problems with cities being far too eager to apply the vague, unenforceable, and unconstitutional Dog Owners’ Liability Act.The Sarnia Observer has four related stories: Dog census underway in city Seized dogs face execution Dogs gain stay of execution Local rallies [...]
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Written by Steve Barker on October 16th, 2006
YARMOUTH (NS) — Downtown business owners have voted against a dog ban proposed by town council.Read the full story here. Although this is no guarantee that the politicians won’t still do something silly, at least the people voicing the original concerns have managed to look at things logically and rationally. Here’s my original article.
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Written by Steve Barker on October 10th, 2006
Sigh! Another example of the movement by politicians towards completely isolating dog owners from the rest of society. Another town to add to my list of places in Canada I choose not to visit.Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, is considering banning ALL dogs from the town’s Main Street and possibly from the entire downtown core. Representatives for [...]
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Written by Steve Barker on September 5th, 2006
A recent article on Dog Politics discussed a proposal in New Jersey to require all “pit bull” owners to be photographed, pay an extra registration fee, and have signficant personal information recorded in a central database. I have been going through all the bylaws and ordinances for many cities and towns throughout Canada, including a [...]
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Written by Steve Barker on August 9th, 2006
In an earlier article, I introduced you to Shire, a licensed pet therapy dog working with special needs children in New Brunswick. She has been targeted by the town of Florenceville because she is a Rottweiler.Her owner is an employee of McCain Foods Canada and moved to Florenceville as part of his job with McCain. [...]
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Written by Steve Barker on August 8th, 2006
Shire is a licensed pet therapy dog working with special needs children in New Brunswick. During her life, Shire has never done anything to cause people to dislike her, be afraid of her, or reject her. On the contrary, she has performed her duties impeccably, despite her own life-and-death struggles with illness. The town of [...]
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Written by Steve Barker on July 31st, 2006
In the past, I have written various e-mails and articles, although not through this forum, about the under-the-table, behind-the-scenes, and sometimes not so subtle, attempts by Animal Rights organizations to influence politicians, lawmakers, and law enforcers. The results of this influence peddling (and meddling) include: breed bans; breed-specific legislation in general; mandatory spay/neuter (often aimed [...]
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Written by Steve Barker on July 31st, 2006
Without a doubt, these articles from the St. Petersburg Times in Florida are some of the hardest I’ve ever had to read. It took me four tries and three cigarette breaks just to get through the one entitled “Kennel Trash”.WARNING: These are not easy to read or see, especially “Kennel Trash”. Kudos to Kelley Benham [...]
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Written by Steve Barker on July 21st, 2006
In response to Caveat’s article pointing to Denver’s breed specific ordinance, I decided to list all the cities within the province of Ontario that have their own, usually more restrictive, breed specific legislation.Legal note: This article is an attempt to inform the public regarding certain instances of dog legislation found in Ontario. Legislation may be [...]
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Written by Steve Barker on May 21st, 2006
Another couple of places in Canada that have decided to get rid of their “dog problem” by getting rid of the dogs that AREN’T the problem.Florenceville, New Brunswick Home of McCain’s, whose products many dog owners will no longer be buying, and also home of an incredibly narrow-minded town council that believes you must always [...]
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