[Slings and Arrows]

Yeah, that'll work.

[Slings and Arrows]

When arrested, do the dogs have to be read their rights?

[freedumb2003]

So, they are outlawing dogs? That is the only possibility...

[Bernard]

The more these people try to defend this new law, the goofier it sounds. I wonder what it would take to embarrass these people to the point of sanity.

[Semper Mark]

"They may outlaw chasin' varmints, but they'll never get me to stop chasin' tail!"

[exnavy]

It is amazing that this western sociaty has come to this, people actually sit around and debate this B.S.

[Cindy]

Ping.

[Plumberman27]

I looked at the newspapers web site and a poll shows that there are 45 percent voting for this law. Most be too much sunshine on the coast there.

[DieHard the Hunter]

It will be a sorry day for Mankind when dogs, after too much provocation, finally and eventually run out of patience with their masters.

[cripplecreek]

I had a girlfriend in Windsor for a while who had some pretty bizarre ideas of what is humane. She believed that spaying and neutering dogs and cats was inhumane.

[PoloSec]

When this law comes to the US...and it will...I want the law to be extended to the squirrels and the rest...that they STOP HARRASSING my dog.

[Waco]

That’ll show them dogs. Pant pant

[Lazamataz]

In other news, lawmakers voted that rainy days and Mondays no longer get anyone down.

This was attached to an amendment that on the day that you were born, the angels got together and decided to create a dream come true.

[samtheman]

Socialists Masters and the Morons Who Love Them... just like here in America.

[Venturer]

The problem of what to do with dog feces has been discovered. Just pass a law saying they cannot take a dump.

One law makes as much sense as the other.

[Fetid Facts]

"If you look at it from practical terms, it's highly unlikely our bylaw enforcement officer would be as concerned with something occurring on somebody's private property, because there's a good chance nobody would be complaining about it,"

IOW the law is intended to be enforced selectively and politically.

[libertarian27]

Dogs will still be allowed to chase their own tails, right?/s

[Fetid Facts]

What does "without provocation" mean? Most dogs consider any movement to be provocation to chase, so I suppose the law needs to be amemded to say, "without reasonable provocation." The term reasonable will also need to be defined as it applies to dogs. Again we either run into the problem of defining what dogs find reasonable, or prosecute dog owners when their pets don't reason on a human level. Local defense attorneys must be salivating.

[Mister Da]

The very same people that think they can influence the natural cycle of global warming/cooling are now attempting to change the natural & HARMLESS urges of a dog.

Perhaps the dog chases actually help the animals stay “on their toes” to avoid becoming real prey to real predators. If dogs stop this behavior, these animals may become complacent to predators. Or maybe the animals actually like to be chased. Can anyone prove they don't like it?

(Yes, I realize this is all lunacy, so why not argue like a lunatic, a language the stupid left understands).

Beyond that, if my dog scares off a bear, cougar, or other dangerous animal on my property, then he is a hero, not a criminal. And if he succeeds in killing rats or mice, then he is doing a service to the community. Do these idiots not know that VERMIN carry diseases? Do they not know that the Plague was spread by the fleas on the rats?

What is missing here are the real killers - cats. MY dog has never been successful catching a bird or squirrel, but my cat has brought home NUMEROUS birds, squirrels, rats, snakes, mice, & moles - many still very much alive. Last year the cat brought home a huge, live rat. He brought him in the dining room, let him go, & watched in amusement as we frantically tried to catch the filthy thing.

This law will be nothing more than a revenue enhancer for lawyers. Most new laws nowadays are the same.

[calex59]

Proving once again that Canada’s liberals and ours are truly insane SOBs.

[AF_Blue]

Coun. Ann Kershaw said the clause "without provocation" was key, and that she hoped common sense would guide how the bylaw gets enforced.

I wonder how they determine "provocation"?

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SQUIRREL!

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Does anyone really think common sense is going to come into play trying to enforce this bylaw?