In the Interest of Public Safety -
One of the main arguments on the side for Breed Specific Legislation is that it is for the good of general public safety. “According to the CDC, more than 4.7 million dog-bite incidents occur in the United States every year. Of those 4.7 million attacks, 800,000 of these Americans will seek medical attention.” (Wilson) The numbers sound frighteningly large but what do they really mean?
Per the ASPCA, the report the CDC supplied was deemed insufficient to justify Breed Specific Laws, “The study contains information that can be taken out of context and the data collected on specific breeds has the potential for error, as there is no official database for hospitalizations based on breed. Nor, can most Americans …show more content…
Many cities and states have opted to reverse such laws, in favor of education, rather than the destruction of an animal and potentially a family unit.
Breed specific laws only punish the “law abiding” citizens and the animals who are not capable of helping their own situation. Whether it is how they were raised, or how they are perceived by humans. These dogs are in danger of being forcibly wiped out by lack of breeding and unjustified death sentences. I would not want my dog, who is a member of my family, taken away for any reason. Let alone because obsolete and unfair laws say so. There are so many people out there willing to help, why would we deny them and these dogs a real chance at happiness? As the owner of a Pit-Bull mix, I can say without a doubt the dogs are not to blame for their current situation. I am completely against Breed Specific Legislation. Banning and in turn decimating any particular breed, is not the proper nor, the fair way to stop the creation of violent animals. The focus needs to be put on stricter laws against owners who use their dogs to attain illegal results, and the owners who get a dog and do not act responsibly in getting it well trained or worse abuse the animal to the point of it lashing out against an innocent bystander. It appears that BSL is “the easy way out” for states and municipalities to curb a problem, without having to get their hands dirty in regard to the animal cruelty they often
One of the main arguments on the side for Breed Specific Legislation is that it is for the good of general public safety. “According to the CDC, more than 4.7 million dog-bite incidents occur in the United States every year. Of those 4.7 million attacks, 800,000 of these Americans will seek medical attention.” (Wilson) The numbers sound frighteningly large but what do they really mean?
Per the ASPCA, the report the CDC supplied was deemed insufficient to justify Breed Specific Laws, “The study contains information that can be taken out of context and the data collected on specific breeds has the potential for error, as there is no official database for hospitalizations based on breed. Nor, can most Americans …show more content…
Many cities and states have opted to reverse such laws, in favor of education, rather than the destruction of an animal and potentially a family unit.
Breed specific laws only punish the “law abiding” citizens and the animals who are not capable of helping their own situation. Whether it is how they were raised, or how they are perceived by humans. These dogs are in danger of being forcibly wiped out by lack of breeding and unjustified death sentences. I would not want my dog, who is a member of my family, taken away for any reason. Let alone because obsolete and unfair laws say so. There are so many people out there willing to help, why would we deny them and these dogs a real chance at happiness? As the owner of a Pit-Bull mix, I can say without a doubt the dogs are not to blame for their current situation. I am completely against Breed Specific Legislation. Banning and in turn decimating any particular breed, is not the proper nor, the fair way to stop the creation of violent animals. The focus needs to be put on stricter laws against owners who use their dogs to attain illegal results, and the owners who get a dog and do not act responsibly in getting it well trained or worse abuse the animal to the point of it lashing out against an innocent bystander. It appears that BSL is “the easy way out” for states and municipalities to curb a problem, without having to get their hands dirty in regard to the animal cruelty they often