Posted on 06/01/2018 8:44:10 PM PDT by Kartographer
Holly Mckenzie considered her family’s two pit bull dogs her “best friends,” having made memories over the past three years of walking them, playing with them, cuddling them and even sleeping in the same bed together.
On Sunday though, Mckenzie said it was like a switch went off in the normally “cuddly, sweet” dogs. The Norwalk woman said one minute she was petting them and the next she was fighting for her life as they literally tried to rip her apart.
(Excerpt) Read more at norwalkreflector.com ...
if you see a pit bull, do the world a kindness and kill it immediately.
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then improve the gene pool and cap the owner....
only if the owner attacks me first
Be careful...according to a pro-ban politician at a meeting I attended, bullets just bounce off their heads.
I pointed out the only breed of animal I know with skulls that thick are politicians.
This information can be found here: https://www.nationalpitbullvictimawareness.org/pit-bull-lobby/
It is an excerpt. This is one of - I believe - over 400 pages of information on the history, breeding, purpose, statistics, stories, deaths and attacks, victims, pictures, medical information, apologetics, and money and political sources for dangerous and deadly dogs and the people who fight, breed, love, defend, and make money from them at the site:
https://www.nationalpitbullvictimawareness.org/
THE PIT BULL LOBBY
Excerpt from Pit Bulls – Five Part Series , La Presse, Montreal
Investigative report on the Montreal pit bull ban and the influence of the pit bull lobby
By Marie-Claude Malboeuf, August 13, 2017
English translation: plus.lapresse.ca
French: Qui Veut Sauver Les Pitbulls
Also see: http://blog.dogsbite.org/2016/10/montreal-pit-bull-ban-veterinary-report-pit-bull-lobby.html
WHO IS PULLING THE STRINGS? The US pet industry is worth 16 billion dollars. Without pit bulls to sell, to rescue, to rehabilitate, to care for and to feed, a lot of people would see their revenues plunge, denounced Jeffrey Borchardt, who lost his baby when he was torn from the arms of his babysitter by two pit bulls. Since this tragedy, the American DJ and other victims have worked to expose the gears of the powerful pit bull promotion lobby. Who pulls the strings? Portrait of a tightly woven network.
Level one: Financing source
ANIMAL FARM FOUNDATION
Run by an American millionaire, Animal Farm Foundation has for its motto: “Equality for pit bulls.” The pressure group devotes itself entirely to combatting against any regulation targeting its dogs. After inheriting a fortune from her father, Jane Berkey, who also owns a literary agency, turned over at least $6 million to her group, $2.85 million in 2013, according to government records. She pays 9 employees (one of whom, the director, makes more than $100,000 a year) and finances numerous groups that share her philosophy.
Level two: The researchers
NATIONAL CANINE RESEARCH COUNCIL (NCRC)
To produce studies, AFF bought a private research body in 2007. The acquisition was kept secret until the victims’ group Dogsbite discovered this during litigation. The National Canine Research Council (NCRC) was created by a veterinary technician, Karen Delise. Neither an academic researcher nor a veterinarian, she self proclaims as the “greatest national expert on deaths caused by dog bites.” An “action fund” permits the organization to engage in lobbying, according to a government registration. The NCRC is linked to several advisors and consultants. This is the case for Gary Patronek, the veterinarian who co-signs (NCRC) studies, and in the case of the Page ~ 16 former chief animal control officer of Calgary, Bill Bruce, who was still employed in that civil service job at the time he accepted his association with NCRC. The agency already had consultant Glen Bui on board, whose heavy criminal record can be found online (illegal weapon possession, obstruction of justice, domestic violence and harassment). Still, thanks to millions from Animal Farm, the NCRC finances like-minded researchers—notably on the issue of identification of pit bulls, information available on their website.
Level 3: Publication
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (JAVMA)
The American Veterinary Medical Association publishes NCRC studies in its journal. On its own website it proposes sample letters [for readers to write] contesting any law aimed at pit bulls. Moreover, its site has a link to AFF. The Association added the following introduction to a famous 2000 study: “In contrast to what has been reported in the news media, the data contained within this report CANNOT be used to infer any breed-specific risk for dog bite fatalities. [To reach that conclusion] it would be necessary to know the numbers of each breed currently residing in the United States. Such information is not available.” Even if they are opposed to a breed ban, for practical reasons amongst others, the authors of the study—seasoned in the ministry for Health and government institutions—nevertheless concluded: “In spite of potential bias and the lack of data on the canine population, pit bulls seem to be implicated in 42% of fatal tragedies. We do not believe that in the United States, the proportion of pit bulls amongst the dog population even comes near to approaching 42%. We therefore believe that the disproportion of deaths associated with pit bulls is real and escalating.”
Level 4: The political lobby
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY
The studies of the AFF network allow [lobby] groups to put pressure on politicians. They propose regulations [they favor] and try to overturn those they dislike. Sometimes with success. The central facts about Best Friends Animal Society are that it manages $60 million and has for its motto: “Save them all,” for it is opposed to all euthanizing of animals. Its senior advocate, Ledy VanKavage sits on the board of AFF. The website of Best Friends Animal Society indicates that she paid an ex-economist from the tobacco Page ~ 17 industry, John Dunham, to create a fiscal calculation scheme designed to advise governments on the cost of breed banning. [Dunham’s] calculations were attacked in the Texas Tribune in 2011. The following year, before a referendum on pit bulls in Miami-Dade, a government committee discovered that the real costs incurred in targeting dogs was 65 times lower than those claimed by Dunham. “With all its money, the lobby [can afford to] finance lawyers and harass elected officials. And if it doesn’t get what it wants, it threatens to finance the campaign of their political opponents!” denounces Angela Provo, whose son Beau Rutledge was killed by a family pit bull.
Level 5: The distributors
THE ANIMAL CARE INDUSTRY
All the lobby studies are abundantly distributed by animal-based companies like shelters, breeders, trainers, etc. In Montreal, they are [distributed] by, amongst others, the SPCA, whose mission is to avoid euthanizing dogs and whose two most senior executives are themselves owners of pit bulls. On social media, pit bull owners deploy these studies relentlessly and accuse all their opponents of ignorance. Certain more aggressive ones have even threatened the mayor of Quebec City with death. Unfortunately, some militant activists have come to a tragic end, killed by their own fighting dogs—notably Darla Napora, at the time 8 months pregnant (California, 2011) and Rebecca Carey (Georgia, 2012)
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I believe this resource to be worthy of a bookmark. Thank you, Norski
Those are good talking points! Fast forward a few years and I’m walking my full grown dog in our neighborhood. Bertie is as laid back as they come. 115 pounds of dog who believes that he’s smaller than a loud, mouthy chihuahua. We were taking our daily constitutional and I could see a few hundred feet away a dog running loose. It was a neighbor’s dog who was able to spring over a 4 ft fence. One look and I could tell it was a pb mix. I was a little uneasy to say the least. It came running over to my dog and sniffed and ran around him and then put down its front paws with his butt in the air. He wanted to play and was friendly albeit hyper. I was able to take him back to his home and using a dog biscuit to lure him, get him back behind his gate. This type of incident happened twice.
Within 6 months I noticed that the pb mix was no longer in his backyard. I met the neighbor and he told me that his dog, Buddy, attacked a neighborhood dog doing serious injury to it. He had to put Buddy down. I thank God for keeping me and my dog safe when we met Buddy on our walks. His ability to spring into the air was a thing to behold. His owner tried to keep him in the fenced-in yard but Buddy was determined to get out. I try to steer clear of these dogs. There is no telling when they will decide one day to attack.
My profile has pics of all our dogs since 1994 and tks
Someone posted a thread about the Louisana Godfather of Dogfighting back in 2005.
"GODFATHER" of Dog-Fighting BUSTED (Louisiana) 9,393+ views
Control, Contain, Maintain, Train and Socialize
This owner failed his responsibility to his dog and to his community.
Fencing is a good way to contain your dog but it must be adequate/tailored to the specific dog.
Yeah, I understand.
Coming up this month it will be a year since I had to let go, just a bit shy of 16 years.
I was 66 at the time, it still is a little amazing to think that he was with me for almost a 1/4 of my life.
In many ways, the best years of my life.
The tears still come easily, but I try to keep the good memories to the front.
True
Friendly advice...you don’t do your case any favor by continuing to use that wacko as a reference.
Folks like that fellow you are replying to are an embarrassment to FR.
Would you like me to send you a private reply before posting in the future so you can let me know if my post is acceptable?
Not only that, Equine1952 is a newbie!
Equine1952
Since Mar 5, 2018
Such incredible grasp of what conversation does and doesn't belong in Free Republic for such a recent joiner!
I actually like siggis too
I was born in a blackberry patch
....during a crossfire hurricane of course
The Sweetest and best neighbor dog that I have ever known is a Pit Bull .... Chelsea is 70lbs of Love
She used to visit me every morning ... the Family moved so I only get to visit when I make the trip, she still loves me.
Her Brother on the other hand had to be put down
Dogs are individuals
I agree that an owner has the responsibility to control his dog.
So sorry for your loss. I know the feeling.
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