STOP Stereotyping Dogs and END breed specific legislation and Insurance policies

People are quick to point the finger and make rash judgements based on isolated occurrences and often forget to look at the BIG PICTURE. The Big Picture of it all is yes some dogs have turned to a less desirable nature but that doesn't mean that the dog or the breed as a whole is a danger to society. For one thing people should make a thorough investigation into WHY the dog turned. Usually it is because the animal was being mistreated and then the animal is blamed for trying to stick up for themselves and killed. Also people have been killing these breeds just out of cruelty and a HUGE Misunderstanding based on stupid Stereotypes. I have personally met and socialized with several wrongly declared "dangerous breeds" such Pit bulls, Rottweilers, and other large breeds. Breed Specific Legislation or BSL has passed laws and regulations that can include muzzling the dog when in public, making owners of these so-called aggressive dogs purchase liability insurance of a specific amount, and/or having owners of these breeds place “vicious dog” signs on the outside of their homes or forcing the dogs to wear “vicious dog” tags or other means of identification. Some shelters will even euthanize a dog just because it is or looks to be a particular breed. Also one of the major problems with the BSL is that there is no sure way to know whether dogs such as Pit Bulls top the list of “most dangerous dogs”. Quite a few dog breeds, even those that are not targeted by BSL, can be mistaken for Pit Bulls. Some breeds that can look like Pit Bulls include American Bulldogs, Mastiffs, larger, more muscular Labradors, and Chow mixes. Because of this, a dog that had bitten or attacked someone could be recorded as a “Pit Bull attack”, even though it was not really a Pit Bull.

So PLEASE help me save the dogs from this unfair stereotyping and cruelty.

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