- Signatures: 3,051
- Goal: 1
- Deadline: 10-25-2003
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On October 10, A2906: The "Responsible Pit Bull Ownership Licensing Act"; was introduced and referred to the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. The bill authorizes municipalities to require a license for a person to own, keep or harbor a pit bull. Please see that this will
have a wide spread impact on over burdened shelters and ACOs, and ultimately will not stop at banning one breed. We urge you to help get this ill-considered legislation withdrawn by
signing this petition.
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | City | State | Are you the owner of a Pit Bull or Pit type dog? | Additional Comments: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,062 | 10:49 am PST, Feb 7 | Ms. | Gisele Baka | Timmins | Yes, I have a pitbull mix. | She is the best dog a person could ask for. I also have a golden retreiver and a poodle. The pit mix is the one that has never given me any grief but the other two have. She is a great baby, child, dog sitter I ever saw. Always making sure that children are safe, if not she lets us know. She has also saved a child from drowning just by standing in front of him preventing him from falling off the dock. | |
| 3,061 | 10:36 am PST, Feb 5 | L Whitt | Winter Park | Florida | I have owned a pit bull when I was a kid and I am looking to get a new pit because they are the sweetest dogs. I believe that if you raise an animal to be gentle and kind then that is the kind of animal you will have. The stigma that has been created agianst pit bulls is terrible and it is because of people who raise them to be aggressive. | ||
| 3,060 | 8:47 am PST, Jan 23 | Mr. | larry britton | jackson | Tennessee | i am the owner of a pitbull | and she is sweet and loyal and w |
| 3,059 | 8:04 pm PST, Dec 27 | Ms. | Cynthia Can | Sylmar | California | YES 3 of them! | I own 3 beautiful Pit Bull terriers and they are the most loyal, loving companions I have ever came across. I am a PROUD/RESPONSIBLE PIT BULL OWNER. |
| 3,058 | 12:24 pm PST, Dec 3 | Ms. | Gabrielle Nappier | Marion | Illinois | i own a staffordshire bull terrier,and 2 pit bull terriers and yes i hae young children in the house ages 7, 5, 4, 2, and 6 months old. they are the best dogs i hae eer owned and are absolutley great and loing with my kids. they are not the blood thirsty monsters the media makes them out to be. | |
| 3,057 | 9:56 pm PST, Nov 14 | Autumn Sharer | Flint | Michigan | I'm an owner of a beautiful red pit. | This and other breeds of pitbulls live to serve their family/owners. They are a product of their environment as so are people! You cannot wipe out the whole crop because of a few bad seeds. It's not fair to these innocent pets and their families. | |
| 3,056 | 2:05 am PST, Nov 13 | Mrs. | Alysia Stark | Spokane | Washington | Yes | They are loving creatures please please give them the time of day they are the smartest ever |
| 3,055 | 10:56 am PDT, Oct 31 | yarelin aranzazu | san antonio | Texas | n/a | ||
| 3,054 | 6:18 pm PDT, Sep 6 | Mrs. | misty tracy | Pikeville | North Carolina | i have always owned a pit bull. i own a terrior at this time | it is a shame that an ignorant person has to ruin owning such a beautiful breed. it isnt the breed that should be punished....it should be the person |
| 3,053 | 12:17 pm PDT, Jun 25 | Ms. | S Rodrigues | Montreal | No but I have. | BSL smacks of prejudication and bigotry all over the again, except now it's against those who cannot fight for themselves. A dog breed is no differenct from a human beings race. What's that got to do with anything! | |
| 3,052 | 8:49 pm PDT, Jun 10 | Dr. | lane herrington | baker | Louisiana | my daughter, Van Mays had a pit bull, Riley and he was the sweetest dog. she loved him and he loved her. she was unable to keep him in Florida (landlord),a woman in alabama promised to keep him until van's husband would be stationed at another army base. i called the woman, and discovered she had given riley away. she would not tell me the name, address, or phone no., and did not even notify van or me.i have tried and tried to find him, to no avail. riley is so gentle,and would sleep with his head on vans tummy. there should be no stigma. there are already leash laws all dog owners must abide by. that is sufficient. i love my daughter and am so sad. | |
| 3,051 | 12:23 pm PDT, May 31 | Ms. | Reena Mall | Seaford | Delaware | yes | |
| 3,050 | 7:35 pm PDT, May 23 | Gina Chiappazzi | Fort Wayne | Indiana | Yes, he is more gentle with children than any other dog I have met. | ||
| 3,049 | 12:23 pm PDT, May 16 | Ms. | Silky Wylder | Chippewa Falls | Wisconsin | . | |
| 3,048 | 12:35 pm PDT, May 13 | Mrs. | Gillian Miller | Bracknell | I used to own a rescued Pit terrier and she was distressed when she arrived. With time, care, exercise, training and lots of love she recovered. | It has been proven beyond any reasonable doubt by Cesar Millan that it is the owner and not the dog. If he can control a pack of over 40 dogs of "dangerous" dogs who were regarded as vicious and unsaveable before he adopted them then anyone with common sense can deal with them. | |
| 3,047 | 4:19 am PDT, May 13 | Ms. | Elaine Robinson | Wolverhampton | no | LOVE HELP SAVE PROTECT | |
| 3,046 | 5:21 pm PDT, May 12 | Mrs. | Aletta Kraan | Stayner | No ! | ||
| 3,045 | 12:12 pm PDT, May 12 | ALPHA WI | Freeland | NO! BUT I LOVE ALL KIND OF DOGS!!! | |||
| 3,044 | 12:14 am PDT, May 4 | Mrs. | Joan Fleming | Shelbyville | Tennessee | yes | |
| 3,043 | 11:39 pm PDT, May 3 | Mrs. | Mary Strobridge | Elmira | New York | no | |
| 3,042 | 7:23 pm PDT, Apr 12 | Ms. | alexis espinosa | miami | Florida | have been, and am to be soon | they're great dogs & don't deserve to be discriminated against |
| 3,041 | 2:50 am PDT, Mar 19 | Cynthia Dixon- Knowles | Orlando | Florida | no but I plan to adopt in the future | ||
| 3,040 | 4:33 pm PDT, Mar 16 | Ms. | Anonymous | Burlington | I'm am not an owner of a pitbull, but know many people with them and they are absolute angels! I love them to death! | ||
| 3,039 | 10:24 pm PST, Feb 25 | Mr. | Dave Smith | Winnipeg | Delaware | I have owned a Pit Bull now own American Bulldog | Why punish a wonderful dog like the pit. It is some idiotic owners that are to blame. If they can't have a pit they will just get another type of dog so they can be stupid again |
| 3,038 | 6:33 am PST, Feb 22 | Mrs. | Lauriita Hernandez | Mexico | claro | ||
| 3,037 | 11:03 am PST, Feb 20 | Van Mays | Niceville | Florida | Yes. I own a rescued Pit bull terrier. | We pit bull owners should not be punished for who we love, who our family is, and we should not be placed in a bad light for owning a certain type of dog. Families come in a different shapes, sizes, and colors, ours just happen to contain pit bulls. Don't punish us because our families are different from yours. | |
| 3,036 | 7:42 pm PST, Feb 16 | Mr. | Michael Hannon | Iowa | Louisiana | yes | |
| 3,035 | 12:06 pm PST, Feb 6 | Mr. | Ari R. Kolman | Kettleby Ontario | I have 2 Children. The first one is my little baby girl “Star”, and my other baby is my baby girl “Prezi”.. Star is my brown mixed German Shepard, and Prezi is my White Mountain Goat. I had a white English Bull Terrier to Love for many years, but he passed away. He was so beautiful… STOP BANNING BREEDS LEFT AND RIGHT!! It’s your fault those ones attacked people!! | What’s wrong with the Government here, this is Another Disgusting Example of Government/Big Business & Religious Corruption, wasteful spending, discrimination and Crimes against Humanity!!”. The System is Corrupt to the Core with REDICULOUS Pork Barrel Torture POLICY-TWISTING FANATICS!! We Will All Distribute This Page to Big Media and Start Letting those “Useless Talking Heads on TV News” know what’s really worth reporting to the world… I’m sickened and disgusted. I Beg all Intelligent and Responsible People to Please Stop Letting This Happen STILL.. | |
| 3,034 | 11:39 am PST, Jan 30 | Ms. | Barbie Miller | West Palm Beach | Florida | Yes | Found him in street 10:00 at night. He was 2 & not neutered. Never claimed, brought him home from shelter when time ran out. He is a GENTLE SOUL. LAP DOG. Not vicious!! |
| 3,033 | 4:47 am PST, Jan 26 | Ms. | Ann Livingston | Jacksonville | Florida | Yes | It is not the breed that needs rules/regulations, it's the stupid backyard breeders and irresponsible owners!! |
| 3,032 | 6:50 pm PST, Jan 22 | Michelle Grant | Miami | Florida | Yes | I love my little Pumpkin, she is wonderful! | |
| 3,031 | 3:33 pm PDT, Oct 24 | Trisha Raupp | Englewood | Colorado | Yes I have a pit type dogg | I fell thats it is wrong to ban these breed of dogg bacause they are sweet animals and the only time they're violent is if they are raised that way wgich can happen to any type of dogg. | |
| 3,030 | 12:06 pm PDT, Oct 14 | S Soros | Citrus Heights | California | Yes | I have a 2 year old Pit bull and he is so loving and I wouldnt own any type of breed. They get bad raps because of those who own them and dont properly take care of them. This is sad what most want to do to put an end to aa wonderful breed. | |
| 3,029 | 5:24 pm PDT, Oct 1 | Mrs. | Lyndsey Gross | Lubbock | Texas | Yes i have a 9month old female named Amy | |
| 3,028 | 12:19 pm PDT, Sep 21 | Mrs. | M Schoenborn | Gainesville | Florida | We own a sweet deaf Argentine dogo, who is often mistaken for a Pit, as he is the size of a full grown pit at this stage of puppy-hood. | This is simply an ignorant move on you part. A little more research and you would know that this type of ban does nothing for public safety, and is based only on phobias and not fact or reality. Educate yourselves and then your public, prevent human ignorance from further being a detriment to nature. |
| 3,027 | 7:55 am PDT, Aug 24 | Sarah Crawford | Cordova | Tennessee | No | Despite the fact I do not own a "pit bull" I am signing this petition for fear other breeds similar the the pit breeds, such as boxers and rottweilers, are next in line to be banned, and if this petition is successful, if other breeds are taken a shot at, maybe a similar law can be put in place for them, as well. | |
| 3,026 | 7:58 pm PDT, Aug 15 | Anonymous | Southaven | Mississippi | I have 4 and a Rottweiler | Any dog can be trained to behave in a specific manner regardless of breed. Isn't it amazing that pits are always singled out yet there are many other breeds from "good" homes that bite and so many pits from horrible environments that don't?? Don't punish an innocent creature, punish the horrible human at the other end of the leash! | |
| 3,025 | 11:48 am PDT, Aug 6 | Ms. | dominique robers | memphis | Tennessee | yes i do and he is very loving! | |
| 3,024 | 7:11 pm PDT, Jul 28 | Mrs. | Tammy Brown Cole | Simcoe County | I have had A pit bull and may have a mix now. I believe they are what you teach them. They are loving loyal dogs who love to be loved and being part of the family!! They deserve to live love and carrie on this awesome breed. Say NO to BSL This must STOP!!! | ||
| 3,023 | 10:20 pm PDT, Jul 26 | Emily Scott | Henderson | Nevada | Yes | This breed ban is outrageously discriminitory and disgraceful | |
| 3,022 | 9:21 pm PDT, Jul 26 | Mrs. | Jessica Moses | Hayward | California | YES, I HAVE TWO | THE MOST LOVING AND LOYAL DOGS I EVER HAD ARE MY TWO PITS |
| 3,021 | 1:50 pm PDT, Jun 12 | Melissa A. | Lehighton | Pennsylvania | yes | ||
| 3,020 | 1:58 pm PDT, May 2 | Darren Reid | Charlotte | North Carolina | yes | I owned the best dog any man could possibly own. She was my best friend. But due to people's ignorance and bigoted thought against pitt bull's she was euthanized. This is for you Storm!!! | |
| 3,019 | 10:57 pm PDT, May 1 | Tabitha Hayes | Littleton | Colorado | No, but I know several that are AMAZING dogs beacuse they have awesome owners. Just because the owners are bad does not mean the dogs should be punished from the ones who are good. | ||
| 3,018 | 5:09 pm PDT, Apr 16 | Ms. | Lauren Shear | Framingham | Massachusetts | No but those who I have met, when they haven't been abused, are as sweet and loving as any other dog. | |
| 3,017 | 10:13 am PDT, Apr 6 | julie kennedy | tamarac | Florida | no but i love all dogs | ||
| 3,016 | 10:44 am PDT, Mar 21 | Ms. | Diana Ciraco | brooklyn | New York | yes & PROUD OF IT | |
| 3,015 | 11:31 pm PDT, Mar 19 | Mrs. | Racquel Trapp | Waterbury | Connecticut | YES | They are sweet loyal dogs |
| 3,014 | 6:47 am PDT, Mar 19 | charles camacho | TAMPA | Florida | pitbulls | ||
| 3,013 | 12:26 pm PDT, Mar 13 | arlo isaacs | temperance | Michigan | i own two pit bulls | ||
| 3,012 | 4:00 pm PDT, Mar 10 | Ms. | Emmy Padron | Miami | Florida | Yes | Best dog I have ever had. Adopted 10 years ago and has never bitten anyone, is loveable, and adores all other animals. |
| 3,011 | 7:43 pm PST, Mar 5 | Ashley Cesarone | Sunrise | Florida | No | ||
| 3,010 | 8:16 pm PST, Mar 4 | Ms. | Aly Newell | Monroe | Washington | no | It is hard to say what the right thing to do is, but I believe that banning a certain breed is not the right thing to do. The "Responsible Pit Bull Ownership Licensing Act" will help make it so that only those who are responsible owners can have potentially dangerous dogs. |
| 3,009 | 6:48 am PST, Feb 28 | Ms. | Melissa Berry | New York | New York | Yes I am, and I have owned several pit bulls and pit bull mixes during my life. I love these dogs and have never once had a bad encounter with any pit bull. And that's saying a lot, considering I worked with dogs in NYC for 5 years. | |
| 3,008 | 1:39 am PST, Feb 23 | Ms. | Kanako W | Tamuning | Guam | Yes, 01female and she's the smartest and most loyal dog I have ever owned. | |
| 3,007 | 4:31 pm PST, Feb 22 | Mrs. | Cher Isbell | San Antonio | Texas | no | |
| 3,005 | 12:02 pm PST, Feb 16 | Melissa Lalonde | Toronto | No. I would be if I could :( I am completely in love with a 6 month old put bull named Spice at the Toronto Humane Society who cannot be adopted in my province because of her age. If i could get her I would. | |||
| 3,004 | 4:59 pm PST, Feb 7 | Ms. | Veronica Castro | Reseda | California | Yes, I own an APBT. | One of the loves in my life! |
| 3,003 | 2:26 pm PST, Feb 6 | Dr. | Carlos Recinos | pittsburg | California | yes | |
| 3,002 | 8:20 am PST, Feb 1 | Donald Selingo,Jr. | Englishtown | New Jersey | Yes 2 pit bulls who are nothing but affectionate |
Bill A2906 "Responsible Pit Bull Ownership Licensing Act"
Dear Assemblyman Sires and Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
I oppose the above referenced, Bill A2906 as ill-considered and ineffectual legislation for the following reasons:
(1) Those unethical and inhumane pit bulls owners who fight their animals for sport and money do not pay taxes, own property, pay for liability insurance, nor do they license their dogs. This bill penalizes that part of the public who act responsibly and whose dogs are not in the news.
(2) Bill A2906 will make it nearly impossible for responsible pet owners to own a pit bull in the State of New Jersey. This sets a bad precedent among states nationwide.
(3) While this bill is meant to lull the public into a sense of security that the pit bull issue is being managed, it does nothing to stop the cycle of abuse and attacks. It is not the breed at issue, it is the "predatory" owners who are a threat to public safety.
(4) Breed profiling has no place in an enlightened society. Bill A2906 stigmatizes a breed already unfairly maligned and mistreated and highlights the sad lack of understanding and accurate information available about pit bulls. If this bill were to pass, it is likely that such breed specific laws will then become an acceptable standard. Ignorance of the issues and the breed does not justify bad legislation.
(5) New Jersey has several dangerous dog and dog fighting laws which address these issues with a more reasoned approach.
I urge every member of the Assembly to vote against Bill A2906. I am an individual who understands the breed, and am concerned about this.
Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
I oppose the above referenced, Bill A2906 as ill-considered and ineffectual legislation for the following reasons:
(1) Those unethical and inhumane pit bulls owners who fight their animals for sport and money do not pay taxes, own property, pay for liability insurance, nor do they license their dogs. This bill penalizes that part of the public who act responsibly and whose dogs are not in the news.
(2) Bill A2906 will make it nearly impossible for responsible pet owners to own a pit bull in the State of New Jersey. This sets a bad precedent among states nationwide.
(3) While this bill is meant to lull the public into a sense of security that the pit bull issue is being managed, it does nothing to stop the cycle of abuse and attacks. It is not the breed at issue, it is the "predatory" owners who are a threat to public safety.
(4) Breed profiling has no place in an enlightened society. Bill A2906 stigmatizes a breed already unfairly maligned and mistreated and highlights the sad lack of understanding and accurate information available about pit bulls. If this bill were to pass, it is likely that such breed specific laws will then become an acceptable standard. Ignorance of the issues and the breed does not justify bad legislation.
(5) New Jersey has several dangerous dog and dog fighting laws which address these issues with a more reasoned approach.
I urge every member of the Assembly to vote against Bill A2906. I am an individual who understands the breed, and am concerned about this.
Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
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