Dear Sir/Madam:
Three months after offering assistance and experience to Mayor Coderre in drafting an effective animal control bylaw, we find ourselves in the same position again – offering help and hoping for a reasonable and personal reply.
Dogs, politics, media, and more
Dear Sir/Madam:
Three months after offering assistance and experience to Mayor Coderre in drafting an effective animal control bylaw, we find ourselves in the same position again – offering help and hoping for a reasonable and personal reply.
On August 21, 2016, the DLCC issued a press release about the Montreal boycott. Here is the text of that release in English and French. Following that is the petition itself.
Why the Toronto Star’s October 2014 editorial saying that Ontario’s “pit bull” ban has worked is not only misleading, but also uses statistics that are scientifically impossible to obtain with any accuracy.
In the past nine years, Michael Bryant has killed more people than the dogs he claimed were dangerous to public safety. Yet the Ontario government refuses to even consider a discussion of alternatives to their breed-specific ban.
More than 36 hours after a serious dog attack on a toddler in Ontario, I have only been able to find three news stories about the incident and I suspect that the only reason why is because the dog was identified as something other than a “pit bull”.
Ontario Dog Walk Reminds Of Missed Opportunity for Increased Safety – Dog lovers in Ontario are set to converge Saturday on Queen’s Park for The Million Mutt March to End B.S.L..
Earlier this year, I introduced someone to the movie “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”. When we got to the Witch scene, I was struck by the similarities between a “witch hunt” and a “pit bull hunt”.
It seems that George Jonas is more than willing to take on Barbara Kay about breed-specific legislation.
Today, a member of one of the Internet groups that I’m on asked if a certain mix of dog has to be muzzled in Ontario. Here’s my answer. I would like to say “to avoid confusion”, but unfortunately that wouldn’t be true.
I originally wrote this article in August 2006. I’m reposting it after my radio interview today because the whole process of preparing for the interview has revived some of my thoughts on the role of media in breed-specific legislation.
Enjoy.