Post by AliBullie on Nov 28, 2006 9:39:02 GMT 1
Found this on another forum so im just copying and pasteing.
After reading that the small town of Ballymena,Northern Ireland is asking owners to surrender their dogs for death,I couldn't help but feel OUTRAGED.
They state that many owners actually think they have a staffie bull but in actuality it is a PIT BULL (GASP).
Just what test will they perform to determine if it is a "pit bull"??Considering there are no genetic markers for what is a "pit bull" versus a Staffie Bull or Am Staff or APBT?Oh wait,maybe there is a NANNY gene we didn't hear of.
Hasn't there been enough bloodshed in Northern Ireland already?Makes me ashamed to be Irish.
Ballymena Borough Council
'Ardeevin'
80 Galgorm Road
Ballymena
BT42 1AB
T: 08456 581 581
E: council.reception@ballymena.gov.uk
_______________________________________________________________
Yeah- I really want to know how they are going to be able to tell by exammination which breed it is?Staffordshire bull terrier is a type of pit! It is unbelieveable how ignorant these people can be. I also would love to know what critieria they are basing this 'exam' on and who thinks they can tell the difference! :
Among the many problems associated with breed specific legislation and its enforcement against pit bulls are the issues associated with identification. "Pit bull" is not a breed, but rather a generic term used to describe the American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier and Staffordshire Bull Terrier. However, the physical traits and characteristics shared by "pit bulls" are also shared by approximately twenty-five (25) other breeds that are not typically classified as bully breed dogs. Obviously, this causes great difficulty in identification and allows for discriminatory and subjective actions by animal control officers.
Here is the Article;
Amnesty: hand in your pit bull and we'll kill it
Owen Bowcott, Ireland correspondent
Wednesday November 22, 2006
The Guardian
Combat knives and unwanted firearms are the common currency of police amnesties. Ballymena council, however, is preparing to recover a different sort of illegal weapon: pit bull terriers.
Starting in January, the Northern Ireland authority will hold what is believed to be the UK's first "pit bull amnesty". In return for handing in the dangerous dogs, owners will escape prosecution.
The proposal, backed by Ballymena's environmental services committee this week, follows a spate of pit bull attacks across the province. Police officers have had to shoot enraged dogs dead four times this year. In west Belfast, the police had to put eight bullets into an animal to stop it. On another occasion a bus was abandoned after an unaccompanied pit bull terrorised passengers. In the most recent attack, a family walking near Randalstown, County Antrim, were attacked by a pit bull; the children were saved by their pet labrador, which was savaged to death.
This summer the city of Kansas experimented with a similar amnesty, sparking opposition from some US dog owners. Northern Ireland's dangerous dogs order is slightly different from the law in England: the regulations are enforced by council dog wardens rather than the police and magistrates do not have any discretion to stop a pit bull being put down.
"These are illegal dogs," said Nigel Devine, Ballymena's dog warden. "A lot of people don't know they have them. They think they have a Staffordshire bull terrier.
"The amnesty will allow people to bring them in and we can examine them. If I get just one dog handed in, that's one off the street." Several pit bull breeders are thought to operate near the Irish border. The dogs are not illegal in the republic.
www.guardian.co.uk/Northern_Ireland/Story/0,,1953954,00.html
After reading that the small town of Ballymena,Northern Ireland is asking owners to surrender their dogs for death,I couldn't help but feel OUTRAGED.
They state that many owners actually think they have a staffie bull but in actuality it is a PIT BULL (GASP).
Just what test will they perform to determine if it is a "pit bull"??Considering there are no genetic markers for what is a "pit bull" versus a Staffie Bull or Am Staff or APBT?Oh wait,maybe there is a NANNY gene we didn't hear of.
Hasn't there been enough bloodshed in Northern Ireland already?Makes me ashamed to be Irish.
Ballymena Borough Council
'Ardeevin'
80 Galgorm Road
Ballymena
BT42 1AB
T: 08456 581 581
E: council.reception@ballymena.gov.uk
_______________________________________________________________
Yeah- I really want to know how they are going to be able to tell by exammination which breed it is?Staffordshire bull terrier is a type of pit! It is unbelieveable how ignorant these people can be. I also would love to know what critieria they are basing this 'exam' on and who thinks they can tell the difference! :
Among the many problems associated with breed specific legislation and its enforcement against pit bulls are the issues associated with identification. "Pit bull" is not a breed, but rather a generic term used to describe the American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier and Staffordshire Bull Terrier. However, the physical traits and characteristics shared by "pit bulls" are also shared by approximately twenty-five (25) other breeds that are not typically classified as bully breed dogs. Obviously, this causes great difficulty in identification and allows for discriminatory and subjective actions by animal control officers.
Here is the Article;
Amnesty: hand in your pit bull and we'll kill it
Owen Bowcott, Ireland correspondent
Wednesday November 22, 2006
The Guardian
Combat knives and unwanted firearms are the common currency of police amnesties. Ballymena council, however, is preparing to recover a different sort of illegal weapon: pit bull terriers.
Starting in January, the Northern Ireland authority will hold what is believed to be the UK's first "pit bull amnesty". In return for handing in the dangerous dogs, owners will escape prosecution.
The proposal, backed by Ballymena's environmental services committee this week, follows a spate of pit bull attacks across the province. Police officers have had to shoot enraged dogs dead four times this year. In west Belfast, the police had to put eight bullets into an animal to stop it. On another occasion a bus was abandoned after an unaccompanied pit bull terrorised passengers. In the most recent attack, a family walking near Randalstown, County Antrim, were attacked by a pit bull; the children were saved by their pet labrador, which was savaged to death.
This summer the city of Kansas experimented with a similar amnesty, sparking opposition from some US dog owners. Northern Ireland's dangerous dogs order is slightly different from the law in England: the regulations are enforced by council dog wardens rather than the police and magistrates do not have any discretion to stop a pit bull being put down.
"These are illegal dogs," said Nigel Devine, Ballymena's dog warden. "A lot of people don't know they have them. They think they have a Staffordshire bull terrier.
"The amnesty will allow people to bring them in and we can examine them. If I get just one dog handed in, that's one off the street." Several pit bull breeders are thought to operate near the Irish border. The dogs are not illegal in the republic.
www.guardian.co.uk/Northern_Ireland/Story/0,,1953954,00.html