Comments on: Denver eradicating pit bulls, but not dog bites http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/03/04/denver-eradicating-pit-bulls-but-not-dog-bites/ a site for dog lovers Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:39:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Lee http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/03/04/denver-eradicating-pit-bulls-but-not-dog-bites/comment-page-1/#comment-10301 Lee Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:01:14 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=6176#comment-10301 Way to go Denver for taking the right action to protect the public from these pitbulls. These are dangerous breeds and need to be eradicated from the face of the earth. They are the Tyrannesaurus Rex that continues to co-exist with society. Let them be extinct! Way to go Denver for taking the right action to protect the public from these pitbulls. These are dangerous breeds and need to be eradicated from the face of the earth. They are the Tyrannesaurus Rex that continues to co-exist with society. Let them be extinct!

]]> By: cygnet1 http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/03/04/denver-eradicating-pit-bulls-but-not-dog-bites/comment-page-1/#comment-915 cygnet1 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:12:47 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=6176#comment-915 Actually, dog lovers in most cities the size of Denver would be absolutely thrilled if their shelters were only killing one pit bull per day. When it comes to urban shelters, struggling to deal with the pit bull crisis, that is an amazingly small number. NOT having breed specific legislation means that pit bulls suffer and die way more frequently than having it. Los Angeles, for example, kills about 120 pit bulls a day, according to Delise. That doesn't mean that Denver's solution (an absolute breed ban) is the best one. It isn't. The best solution is breed specific regulation that allows responsible pit bull owners to keep their dogs but regulates pit bull breeding to protect the dogs and communities. Mandatory microchipping of all pit bulls and pit bull mixes and mandatory spay/neuter of all pit bulls and pit bull mixes except AKC and UKC-PR registered show dogs would accomplish this without even seriously invonveniencing a single responsible pit bull owner. Actually, dog lovers in most cities the size of Denver would be absolutely thrilled if their shelters were only killing one pit bull per day. When it comes to urban shelters, struggling to deal with the pit bull crisis, that is an amazingly small number.

NOT having breed specific legislation means that pit bulls suffer and die way more frequently than having it. Los Angeles, for example, kills about 120 pit bulls a day, according to Delise.

That doesn’t mean that Denver’s solution (an absolute breed ban) is the best one. It isn’t. The best solution is breed specific regulation that allows responsible pit bull owners to keep their dogs but regulates pit bull breeding to protect the dogs and communities. Mandatory microchipping of all pit bulls and pit bull mixes and mandatory spay/neuter of all pit bulls and pit bull mixes except AKC and UKC-PR registered show dogs would accomplish this without even seriously invonveniencing a single responsible pit bull owner.

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