Written by Steve Barker on January 16th, 2010
Some good news out of Ontario for two condemned young dogs. They’ve been shipped to the SPCA in Fredericton, New Brunswick. It’s a shame that Shawn Berry from the Daily Gleaner felt it necessary to end the story by quoting from the decision of the Ontario Court of Appeals judges. In my opinion, it is probably one of the most inaccurate and inflammatory statements ever put into print by a judge about “pit bulls”.
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Written by Steve Barker on October 21st, 2009
Any time someone makes the “gods” of breed identification look like idiots, I’m all for it!
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Written by Steve Barker on September 24th, 2009
Yesterday, I went to Nanaimo BC to attend a seminar by Bill Bruce, manager of Bylaw Services for Calgary Alberta. Putting it bluntly, Calgary has the best run Animal Services department in North America. Here’s a quick overview.
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Written by Steve Barker on June 25th, 2007
Today, I was outside having a cigarette (nasty habit, by the way) and reading my cigarette pack.According to the statistics on the package (from Health Canada), tobacco kills almost five times as many people each year in Canada as murders, alcohol, car accidents, and suicides combined! Murders – 510Alcohol – 1,900Car accidents – 2,900Suicides – [...]
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Written by Steve Barker on December 11th, 2006
I received a comment from Anonymous about my previous post, PETA Kills Animals!, stating that “the Center for Consumer Freedom is a front organization…(with) almost zero credibility”.I do not dispute this. Everyone has an agenda and CCF definitely has one. The following quote is from their “About Us” section: “The Center for Consumer Freedom is [...]
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Written by Steve Barker on December 7th, 2006
It’s been almost a month since my last post. To make up for that, I’ll quote an article that’s over nine months old.The Center for Consumer Freedom has been a consistent critic of extremist animal rights organizations and has been a valuable source of information regarding not only the terrorist measures to which these groups [...]
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Written by Steve Barker on August 11th, 2006
I wrote an article a while ago in response to a columnist’s suggestion to muzzle all dogs over 40 pounds. Now we have a contributor in the Toronto Sun suggesting to muzzle all dogs, period.Most dog bites are not serious. They result in a little cut, abrasion, or bruising. Very few require medical attention, even [...]
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Written by Steve Barker on August 3rd, 2006
The National Safety Council published a report showing the odds of dying by various types of injury in the USA in 2002. I have sorted it by the number of deaths for each type of injury and excluded the odds columns for ease of viewing. Note the deaths from being bitten or struck by a [...]
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Written by Steve Barker on June 8th, 2006
I have to say I am in awe after reading Caveat’s June 8th entryRead it at http://caveat.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2006/6/8/2017198.html
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Written by Steve Barker on May 24th, 2006
At first glance, this article by Roger LeBlanc in the Guelph Mercury appears to be positive, especially when read by “pit bull” owners who have been the sole target of the Ontario government’s breed-specific legislation.The approach suggested by Mr. LeBlanc, however, is yet one more assault on responsible owners of all dogs, regardless of breed. [...]
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Written by Steve Barker on February 2nd, 2005
Here is my presentation to the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. This committee was supposed to listen to all the testimony, especially that of the experts, and then make recommendations based on that testimony. However, the representation of political parties within that committee matches the proportion of those parties in the Legislative [...]
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