Posted on 05/10/2018 10:40:56 AM PDT by Norski
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – An Overland Park teen has started a petition in hopes that the city will reconsider its ban on pit bulls.
Taylor Walton, 17, launched a petition on Change.org last Thursday, calling on the city council to repeal the city’s ban on pit bulls, which has been in effect since 2006.
"Being around pit bulls is one of my favorite things,” Walton said. “They’re very smart, sweet, very loving, and all they want to do is please you." . . .
Walton, who volunteers at an animal shelter, believes pit bulls are misunderstood. “If owners were more educated, training your dog as a puppy, socializing it, making it be around people and other dogs, that is one of the best things you can do for your dog, regardless of the breed,” Walton said. . . .
“The majority of the reason these animals don’t get adopted as quickly is because of these bans,” said Casey Waugh, the communications manager at Wayside Waifs.
The no-kill shelter takes in more than 6,000 animals every year; between 30-40 percent of those animals are pit bulls.
“The pit bulls that come to Wayside may not seem like a large percentage, but they’re here for a long time,” Waugh said.
On average, animals stay at the shelter for two weeks. But pit bulls stay for months, sometimes even up to a year, according to Waugh.
“They are strong animals, and it’s understandable that the bad stigma is there, but they’re only bad dogs when they’re trained to be bad dogs,” Waugh said. “That’s what we help with here at Wayside, teaching them that they can trust human beings again and can trust other animals."
Waugh supports Walton’s petition, which had received more than 1,300 signatures as of Tuesday evening. . . .(excerpted)
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This SFB needs to make a trip down the road to see Teri Crosby.
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But not the full auto kind right?
Because Florida’s 17 year olds are soooooo wise and worldly.......................
“They’re very smart, sweet, very loving, and all they want to do is please you.” . . .
Taylor, Taylor, Taylor, you seem like you’re a nice kid. But eventually there’s a good chance you’ll end up on the wrong end of one of these sweet very loving dogs - and I’m afraid you won’t like the outcome very much.
What an idiot. Oh, to be 17 again with fecal matter for brains...
Sorry Taylor. That’s an assault dog with a bump butt(stock).
I’ll prefer the company of the meanest pit-bull to the company of any vile retarded cretin who wants to ban them.
I wouldn’t piss on a pit-bull hater if they were on fire, but I’d sure love to have the option.
“Because Florida’s 17 year olds are soooooo wise and worldly.......................”
Ummm...this is from Overland Park, KANSAS.
...Because pit bull haters are soooooo wise and worldly.......................
OK, I’ll bite. I don’t think we should ban Pit Bulls either. I think we should annihilate the entire breed.
Please read the article. The talking points this teen girl gives are so word for word, I believe that she is being used by someone else.
Cortes used mastiffs to help subdue the Aztecs. </sideline>
All pit bulls should be executed, and their owners flogged.
Saves on prison time for weapons possessions...
Love the pro-government ban “small government conservatives.”
We have one, too.............
A real rocket scientist, this kid.
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