lil'lucybear
05-10-2005, 01:50 PM
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Thank you for your inquiry regarding PETA's position on pit bulls.Please be assured that PETA does not believe that every pit bull shouldbe euthanized. We advocate a ban on the breeding of pit bulls (andindeed, we should surely ban all breeding of dogs, given the tragicoverpopulation crisis that results in millions of unwanted animals'being killed every year in this country) but maintain that any banshould include a grandfather clause protecting all pit bulls living incaring homes.Before founding PETA, Ingrid Newkirk was the chief of Animal DiseaseControl and the director of the animal shelter in the District ofColumbia for many years. During her time there, she initiated thefirst-ever spay/neuter, adoption, and humane-investigation programs inour nation's capital. She waded into dangerous situations on a dailybasis in an effort to help abused and neglected dogs, risking her safetycountless times in the back alleys and slums of Washington. Over andover again, she rescued pit bulls from people who beat and starved them,chained them to metal drums as "guard" dogs, or trained them to attackpeople and other animals. This breed stands out as the most abused indogdom. It is the relentless abuse of these animals that motivates ourefforts to stop people from bringing more pits into the world to be hurtand exploited.Some pit bulls are loving companions. But nice families rarely come toa shelter to adopt pit bulls. Almost without exception, those who wantpit bulls are attracted to the "macho" image of the breed as a livingweapon and seek to play up this image by putting the animals in heavychains, taunting them into aggression, and leaving them out in allweather extremes to "toughen" them. Pit bulls offered for adoption to the public have a higher risk thanother breeds of suffering a horrible fate. By advocating a ban onbreeding this dog, PETA is trying to protect the dogs from people whowould hurt them. This position would save dogs' lives overall, not takemore lives. Any good person could still adopt a dog-just not a pit bullwho could be abused or bred to make more animals to abuse.When shelters are destroying dogs by the tens of thousands, why breedpit bulls or any dogs? There are many, many wonderful dogs in shelterswho need homes. PETA urges everyone who can provide a permanent, lovinghome to spay or neuter and adopt one of these animals. Again, thank you for giving us the opportunity to respond to yourconcerns. We hope this information is helpful.Sincerely,</PRE>
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>this is really funny isn't it, yeah we should totally ban breeding of pit bulls, whatever, from what i understand the good breeders only give their pups to people who they know will take great care of the pup. these people continue to piss me off</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P>
Thank you for your inquiry regarding PETA's position on pit bulls.Please be assured that PETA does not believe that every pit bull shouldbe euthanized. We advocate a ban on the breeding of pit bulls (andindeed, we should surely ban all breeding of dogs, given the tragicoverpopulation crisis that results in millions of unwanted animals'being killed every year in this country) but maintain that any banshould include a grandfather clause protecting all pit bulls living incaring homes.Before founding PETA, Ingrid Newkirk was the chief of Animal DiseaseControl and the director of the animal shelter in the District ofColumbia for many years. During her time there, she initiated thefirst-ever spay/neuter, adoption, and humane-investigation programs inour nation's capital. She waded into dangerous situations on a dailybasis in an effort to help abused and neglected dogs, risking her safetycountless times in the back alleys and slums of Washington. Over andover again, she rescued pit bulls from people who beat and starved them,chained them to metal drums as "guard" dogs, or trained them to attackpeople and other animals. This breed stands out as the most abused indogdom. It is the relentless abuse of these animals that motivates ourefforts to stop people from bringing more pits into the world to be hurtand exploited.Some pit bulls are loving companions. But nice families rarely come toa shelter to adopt pit bulls. Almost without exception, those who wantpit bulls are attracted to the "macho" image of the breed as a livingweapon and seek to play up this image by putting the animals in heavychains, taunting them into aggression, and leaving them out in allweather extremes to "toughen" them. Pit bulls offered for adoption to the public have a higher risk thanother breeds of suffering a horrible fate. By advocating a ban onbreeding this dog, PETA is trying to protect the dogs from people whowould hurt them. This position would save dogs' lives overall, not takemore lives. Any good person could still adopt a dog-just not a pit bullwho could be abused or bred to make more animals to abuse.When shelters are destroying dogs by the tens of thousands, why breedpit bulls or any dogs? There are many, many wonderful dogs in shelterswho need homes. PETA urges everyone who can provide a permanent, lovinghome to spay or neuter and adopt one of these animals. Again, thank you for giving us the opportunity to respond to yourconcerns. We hope this information is helpful.Sincerely,</PRE>
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>this is really funny isn't it, yeah we should totally ban breeding of pit bulls, whatever, from what i understand the good breeders only give their pups to people who they know will take great care of the pup. these people continue to piss me off</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P>