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Armed to the teeth: the problem with pit bulls
Telegraph.co.uk ^
| 15 Apr 2010
| Gordon Rayner
Posted on 04/15/2010 9:19:22 AM PDT by LongElegantLegs
...'Breed legislation isn't working,' says RSPCA chief inspector Jan Eachus, a dangerous dog project officer assigned to the Status Dog Unit. 'No human beings were killed by pit bulls before 1991, but since then we've had one death after another, mostly caused by cross-breeds. Dangerous dogs are not born, dangerous dogs are made, through abuse and neglect, and they can be any breed.'
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dog; doggieping; pitbull; rdo
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An interesting perspective on the UK's pit bull ban.
To: Salamander; shibumi; kanawa; JoeProBono
A long, but interesting, article on dangerous dogs in the UK.
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posted on
04/15/2010 9:20:14 AM PDT
by
LongElegantLegs
( I have nothing better to do than sit around all night watching a lunatic not turn into a werewolf.)
To: LongElegantLegs
...but since then we've had one death after another...I find this stat less than informative.
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posted on
04/15/2010 9:24:21 AM PDT
by
Onelifetogive
(Flame away...)
To: LongElegantLegs
“For the owners, having the most vicious dog can bring financial rewards, as well as status. The most savage animals become prized studs or bitches for backstreet breeders who sell the illegal offspring – genetically programmed to attack – for up to £500 each. Such is the demand for pit bulls that many are being born in battery-farm conditions, in cages stacked on top of each other in tiny flats. “
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posted on
04/15/2010 9:26:16 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Chet 99
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posted on
04/15/2010 9:28:54 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: LongElegantLegs
I had a pitbull. She was one of the best dogs that I ever had. Pitbulls are not dangerous, the idiots that raise them to be nasty dogs are dangerous.
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posted on
04/15/2010 9:31:09 AM PDT
by
Mind Freed
(Maybe Obama was the Wright choice... Let's wait till everything Ayers out.)
To: Onelifetogive
Why, because it comes from a LEO?
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posted on
04/15/2010 9:31:13 AM PDT
by
LongElegantLegs
( I have nothing better to do than sit around all night watching a lunatic not turn into a werewolf.)
To: Mind Freed
I agree! My PB mix Swiper is a truly amazing animal.
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posted on
04/15/2010 9:31:55 AM PDT
by
LongElegantLegs
( I have nothing better to do than sit around all night watching a lunatic not turn into a werewolf.)
To: LongElegantLegs
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posted on
04/15/2010 9:39:11 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: LongElegantLegs
I had to stop at a local pet store a couple of days ago. There was a young couple pushing a cart around buying supplies for their new puppy, a Pit Bull. I stuck my fingers through the cart and let him nibble on them as any puppy will do. Did I start him on the road to attacking fingers. :-)
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posted on
04/15/2010 9:41:36 AM PDT
by
SLB
(23rd Artillery Group, Republic of South Vietnam, Aug 1970 - Aug 1971.)
To: JoeProBono
Ok, maybe not quite THAT amazing...
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posted on
04/15/2010 9:41:42 AM PDT
by
LongElegantLegs
( I have nothing better to do than sit around all night watching a lunatic not turn into a werewolf.)
To: LongElegantLegs
‘devil dogs’
`teufelhunds’! Go Marines!
USA! USA! USA!
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posted on
04/15/2010 9:41:59 AM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America: God, Guns and Devil dogs)
To: Mind Freed
I have a Pit Bull and my daughter has one as well, best dogs ever.
To: LongElegantLegs
What we have here is.. "FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE....
The problem is some DOG OWNERS... not the dogs..
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posted on
04/15/2010 9:51:40 AM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
To: mom4melody
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posted on
04/15/2010 9:52:35 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
That looks like my doggy too!
To: LongElegantLegs
Why, because it comes from a LEO?One death after another...Is that 2 total deaths? Doesn't seem like that many.
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/15/2010 10:11:52 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
( In the span of one man's lifetime, only the individual has any potential - not the collective.)
To: JoeProBono
I have a “pit bull”. He is an american staffordshire terrier. He was a rescue pup. I have had several different breed dogs and mixed breeds and I can say that he is the sweetest, smartest dog I have ever had. When we adopted him I did not know he was a bulldog. But as he grew I began to realize he was. I talked to my vet about him because I have kids and I was nervous to have him at first. The vet assured me that there was nothing wrong with the breed, it was owners that were the problem. He has always been so gentle with all of us, and other animals.It angers me for people to want to banish an entire breed because of sick, twisted people who raise them.
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posted on
04/15/2010 10:19:20 AM PDT
by
Lil Flower
("Without Love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing." St. Therese of Lisieux)
To: Onelifetogive
For the 14 people who are hospitalised by dog attacks every day, those changes can't come soon enough. You could read the article...
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posted on
04/15/2010 10:23:48 AM PDT
by
LongElegantLegs
( I have nothing better to do than sit around all night watching a lunatic not turn into a werewolf.)
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