Thu 22 May 2008
Calling All Cats and Dogs to Write Letters
Posted by Hendrix under blogging cat noos
I know this is the cat blogosphere, but many of us have woofie friends and we are hoping we can all ban together to stop a great injustice that could happen to our Pit Bull woofie friends here in Ohio. We just found out about this today. Please please please write our Ohio Reps against this horrible proposal posted on the Animal Law Coalition page:
Ohio State Representative Tyrone Yates has proposed a bill today that would prohibit the ownership of pit bulls in the state of Ohio. The bill requires all owners to surrender their "pit bulls" within 90 days of the effective date of the proposed law. The bill is unequivocal that the dog warden "shall" euthanize all pit bulls within 10 days of their surrender.
Also under this proposal a dog warden or other officer who has probable cause to believe that a dog is a pit bull dog, may apply for a search warrant. With the search warrant the officer will have the authority to seize the pit bull dog and surrender it to the dog warden to be killed.
Under current Ohio law a vicious dog is defined to include pit bulls regardless of their temperament or behavior, but there is no statewide prohibition on owning and keeping these dogs. The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld Ohio’s current law. Click here for more on that. A bill pending in the Ohio legislature, H.B. 366, would repeal the state law that defines vicious dog to include pit bulls. Click here for more on that bill.
Here is a list of all Ohio state Reps. You don’t have to live here to write. Let them know all eyes around the country and world are watching what they do!!!
Talking points are available on this page you an include in your letters. We beg you to keep these woofies safe with their families and encourage safe and resposible breeding and ownership.
Please keep Bonnie and Victor’s family in your thoughts, hearts and prayers in this difficult time. Scroll down for lovely memorials to dear Bonnie.
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May 22nd, 2008 at 5:37 pm
It’s already illegal in the UK to keep a pit bull or pit bull cross dog.
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:38 pm
:: KC climbs upon small soapbox ::
A vishous pit bull is much different than tha many pit bills an mixes that are fambly pets.
An theres vishous dogs of all breeds. Being a pit bull doesn’t automatically make tha dog vishous. That’s bad logic.
i’s don’t unnerstand why they wants to come take effurryone’s dog if’n it’s a pit bull. that jus not right.
write, effurryone an be heared. next fing you knows, someone could decide cats were bad an come get all of us.
KC
pee ess: Hopefully we cats will haf world domination by that time.
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:37 pm
This is terrible! There is nothing wrong with the breed. It isn’t right they are being killed indiscriminately. Just about every animal picked up by city ACO here is labeled a pit bull and declared dangerous. Funny, but when our woofies walk Jan, they see all kinds of dogs, but to read the AC accounts in the newspaper, there aren’t any dogs here EXCEPT pit bulls. They have to change their stance!
May 23rd, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Mommy also sended out emails with a copy of this to all her friends, one of whom raises and breeds pitbulls. She has had two folks write backs to say they sent a letter off to Yates!
Isn’t it bads enough beans are prejudice against each other but nows theys gotta start on animals.