Please do not ban & profile the Pit Bull in Spokane, WA
- by: Heather Wolf
- recipient: Spokane City Council Members
I am very troubled to learn we have citizens who will stereotype a breed based on the actions of the few. Have we not learned that we can not condemn the masses based on the deeds of the minority? We can not and should not profile animals simply because of the breed to which they were born.
Blame the deed, NOT the breed. This sort of dog profiling must be stopped. These animals are caught in the middle of a very vicious circle. On one hand you have those despicable people who raise these animals to be fighters, which mind you could be established in any dog breed based on the cruel and torturous steps necessary to cultivate this in the animals. On the other hand they are being pre-judged on their temperament simply because they are a pit bull or a pit bull mix which may result in banning and who knows, elimination based on nothing more than what breed they were born.
I am by no means discounting what happened to one of our citizens in Spokane this past April. The event was horrific and I am truly saddened that this ever happened and it should not be permitted to happen again. With that said, this is the fault of the pet owners, not the fault of the animals. As a responsible pet owner we are to be held accountable for our pets, for their welfare, their safety, and the safety of others. There are leash laws in place, animals should be licensed, and animals should not be on the loose - to prevent injury to themselves and to others.
I ask you to see beyond this media created fear and see this through the eyes of an animal that has been abused, mistreated, and maligned by humans and should not endure further discrimination, only the love and kindness that they deserve just as any of our precious pets and animals.
Please check out some other stories that show the loyal and loving side of the pit bull:
Pit bull save two women from deadly cobra attack, dies wagging his tail. http://dogsinthenews.com/stories/070301a.php
Pit bull alerts and saves man from his burning home. http://dogsinthenews.com/issues/0104/articles/010426a.htm
Girl saved from potential attack by a pervert.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2007/07/08/2007-07-08_hero_pooch_saves_7yearold_queens_girl.html
Pit bull wakes husband to get help for fallen wife.
http://www.discovervancouver.com/forums/pit%20bull%20saves%20life/Pit-Bull-Saves-Woman-s-Life-t67432/
"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men." - St. Francis of Assisi
''Animals are more than ever a test of our character, of mankind's capacity for empathy and for decent, honorable conduct and faithful stewardship.... We are called to treat them with kindness, not because they have rights or power or some claim to equality, but in a sense because they don't; because they all stand unequal and powerless before us." -- Matthew Scully, from "Dominion" --
Thank you
We the undersigned are very troubled to learn we have citizens who will stereotype a breed based on the actions of the few. Have we not learned that we can not condemn the masses based on the deeds of the minority? We can not and should not profile animals simply because of the breed to which they were born.
Blame the deed, NOT the breed. This sort of dog profiling must be stopped. These animals are caught in the middle of a very vicious circle. On one hand you have those despicable people who raise these animals to be fighters, which mind you could be established in any dog breed based on the cruel and torturous steps necessary to cultivate this in the animals. On the other hand they are being pre-judged on their temperament simply because they are a pit bull or a pit bull mix which may result in banning and who knows, elimination based on nothing more than what breed they were born.
I am by no means discounting what happened to one of our citizens in Spokane this past April. The event was horrific and I am truly saddened that this ever happened and it should not be permitted to happen again. With that said, this is the fault of the pet owners, not the fault of the animals. As a responsible pet owner we are to be held accountable for our pets, for their welfare, their safety, and the safety of others. There are leash laws in place, animals should be licensed, and animals should not be on the loose - to prevent injury to themselves and to others.
I ask you to see beyond this media created fear and see this through the eyes of an animal that has been abused, mistreated, and maligned by humans and should not endure further discrimination, only the love and kindness that they deserve just as any of our precious pets and animals.
Please check out some other stories that show the loyal and loving side of the pit bull:
Pit bull save two women from deadly cobra attack, dies wagging his tail. http://dogsinthenews.com/stories/070301a.php
Pit bull alerts and saves man from his burning home. http://dogsinthenews.com/issues/0104/articles/010426a.htm
Girl saved from potential attack by a pervert.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2007/07/08/2007-07-08_hero_pooch_saves_7yearold_queens_girl.html
Pit bull wakes husband to get help for fallen wife.
http://www.discovervancouver.com/forums/pit%20bull%20saves%20life/Pit-Bull-Saves-Woman-s-Life-t67432/
"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men." - St. Francis of Assisi
''Animals are more than ever a test of our character, of mankind's capacity for empathy and for decent, honorable conduct and faithful stewardship.... We are called to treat them with kindness, not because they have rights or power or some claim to equality, but in a sense because they don't; because they all stand unequal and powerless before us." -- Matthew Scully, from "Dominion" --
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