Mrsdano
10-30-2005, 06:00 PM
What You Can Do...
This section covers the following issues, and what you can do to help:
- Fight against BSL
- Helping pitbulls and other pets in the community
- Dog fighting
- Chained dogs
<CENTER>What you can do to help the fight against BSL</CENTER>
1. Stay informed - Visit the website and the BSL links provided to make sure you know what is going on in your city.
2. Contact your MPP - Let them know that you oppose breed specific legislation, and that you demand stronger laws pertaining to animal abuse and neglect. Punish the DEED, not the BREED. Click here (http://www.pitbullproject.ca/letter.doc) for a guide on how to write an effective letter.
3. Understand the law - Be a responsible owner. Make sure you follow the bylaws in your city and show others that you are providing a good example of what it means to be a responsible dog owner.
4. Stay active - If there are any events or fundraisers in your community that help in the fight against BSL, try to show up and donate your time and money if you can.
5. Educate others - Let others know about the reality of BSL, and how it will not help to keep communities safer from dangerous dogs. Let people know that its important that animal cruelty laws be strengthened in order to prevent irresponsible and abusive people from owning animals in the first place. Any dog in the wrong hands can become a dangerous animal.
6. Boycott businesses that discriminate specific breeds - certain airlines and hotels will not provide you with their services if you have a specific breed of dog. Tell them how you feel about this discrimination, and let them know that you will definately be staying away from them.
7. Support local pitbull rescue organizations and shelters - Volunteer for them if you can.
8. Show your dog off to the public - If you have a well trained, well behaved pitbull, why not show everyone what kind of breed this really is?
9. Do not support anti-pitbull humane organizations - PETA, for example, is completel anti-pitbull. Other organizations may also claim that they are pro animal rights, but may be hiding similar dirty little secrets. Always make sure you know about who and what you are supporting.
10. Do not breed right now - There are far too many abandoned and homeless pitbulls in shelters and city pounds waiting for a good home. Do not add to the problem, leave the breeding to the experts!
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<CENTER>How to help pitbulls, and all other pets in your community</CENTER>
1. Fight for stronger animal rights Legislation. Animal abuse and neglect is very much a problem throughout the world, and believe it or not, in North America. Dog fighting and puppymills, although illegal, have taken their activities underground, making them difficult to uncover and investigate. To make matters worse, in many states/provinces in North America, posession of dog fighting equipment is not even considered a falony. Write your MPP and mayor, and let them know that animal abuse is a serious threat to your community, and that you demand that something be done about it. People that abuse and exploit animals have been known to transfer these acts to humans. Help in protecting both animals and people.
2. Report animal abuse or neglect to your local authorities. Aside from the police, your local shelter and animal control unit most likely has cruelty investigators that work to ensure that people are keeping and treating their animals within the law. Make sure you get as much details about the case as possible; try to include when/where/how/who/what.
<ALIGN="LEFT">Here are some issues you should be reporting to your local humane society cruelty investigators:
http://www.pitbullproject.ca/horrid.jpg - Animals left outside (or inside) without proper food, water, and shelter
- Left outside in very hot/cold weather
- Needs vet care and is not receiving any
- No grooming (hair matting is painful and considered neglect)
- Being physically abused
- Chained on short tethers
- Wounds on animals
- Patches of missing hair on animals
- Malnourished animals
- Animals that cower in fear or become unexpetedly aggressive when approached by their owner
- Confined in small area for long periods of time
Animal control should be contacted for the following reasons:
- Animals running at large
- Owners not pooping and scooping
- Bylaw infractions (leash laws)
- Stray animals
- Injured animals and wildlife
- Dead animals
- Unsanitary conditions/fecal accumulation
*please check with your municipality for details on what your local Animal Control and Humane Society is responsible for in terms of animal abuse and neglect. 3. Do not purchase animals from pet shops. This alone ensures that puppymillers will continue to get paid (http://www.qklinkserver.com/lm/rtl3.asp?si=19903&k=get%20paid) for their careless breeding habits, and continue to produce litters. Boycott local pet shops that sell livestock, and let them know that you are aware of puppymills. If you notice breeder ads in your local newspaper advertising (http://www.qklinkserver.com/lm/rtl3.asp?si=19903&k=newspaper%20advertising) more than one breed of dog, contact the humane society and let them know of your suspicions. Believe it or not, puppymillers do advertise in newspapers and local ad boards. Inform people of the reality; the general public does not even know that these things are happening!
This section covers the following issues, and what you can do to help:
- Fight against BSL
- Helping pitbulls and other pets in the community
- Dog fighting
- Chained dogs
<CENTER>What you can do to help the fight against BSL</CENTER>
1. Stay informed - Visit the website and the BSL links provided to make sure you know what is going on in your city.
2. Contact your MPP - Let them know that you oppose breed specific legislation, and that you demand stronger laws pertaining to animal abuse and neglect. Punish the DEED, not the BREED. Click here (http://www.pitbullproject.ca/letter.doc) for a guide on how to write an effective letter.
3. Understand the law - Be a responsible owner. Make sure you follow the bylaws in your city and show others that you are providing a good example of what it means to be a responsible dog owner.
4. Stay active - If there are any events or fundraisers in your community that help in the fight against BSL, try to show up and donate your time and money if you can.
5. Educate others - Let others know about the reality of BSL, and how it will not help to keep communities safer from dangerous dogs. Let people know that its important that animal cruelty laws be strengthened in order to prevent irresponsible and abusive people from owning animals in the first place. Any dog in the wrong hands can become a dangerous animal.
6. Boycott businesses that discriminate specific breeds - certain airlines and hotels will not provide you with their services if you have a specific breed of dog. Tell them how you feel about this discrimination, and let them know that you will definately be staying away from them.
7. Support local pitbull rescue organizations and shelters - Volunteer for them if you can.
8. Show your dog off to the public - If you have a well trained, well behaved pitbull, why not show everyone what kind of breed this really is?
9. Do not support anti-pitbull humane organizations - PETA, for example, is completel anti-pitbull. Other organizations may also claim that they are pro animal rights, but may be hiding similar dirty little secrets. Always make sure you know about who and what you are supporting.
10. Do not breed right now - There are far too many abandoned and homeless pitbulls in shelters and city pounds waiting for a good home. Do not add to the problem, leave the breeding to the experts!
<HR>
<CENTER>How to help pitbulls, and all other pets in your community</CENTER>
1. Fight for stronger animal rights Legislation. Animal abuse and neglect is very much a problem throughout the world, and believe it or not, in North America. Dog fighting and puppymills, although illegal, have taken their activities underground, making them difficult to uncover and investigate. To make matters worse, in many states/provinces in North America, posession of dog fighting equipment is not even considered a falony. Write your MPP and mayor, and let them know that animal abuse is a serious threat to your community, and that you demand that something be done about it. People that abuse and exploit animals have been known to transfer these acts to humans. Help in protecting both animals and people.
2. Report animal abuse or neglect to your local authorities. Aside from the police, your local shelter and animal control unit most likely has cruelty investigators that work to ensure that people are keeping and treating their animals within the law. Make sure you get as much details about the case as possible; try to include when/where/how/who/what.
<ALIGN="LEFT">Here are some issues you should be reporting to your local humane society cruelty investigators:
http://www.pitbullproject.ca/horrid.jpg - Animals left outside (or inside) without proper food, water, and shelter
- Left outside in very hot/cold weather
- Needs vet care and is not receiving any
- No grooming (hair matting is painful and considered neglect)
- Being physically abused
- Chained on short tethers
- Wounds on animals
- Patches of missing hair on animals
- Malnourished animals
- Animals that cower in fear or become unexpetedly aggressive when approached by their owner
- Confined in small area for long periods of time
Animal control should be contacted for the following reasons:
- Animals running at large
- Owners not pooping and scooping
- Bylaw infractions (leash laws)
- Stray animals
- Injured animals and wildlife
- Dead animals
- Unsanitary conditions/fecal accumulation
*please check with your municipality for details on what your local Animal Control and Humane Society is responsible for in terms of animal abuse and neglect. 3. Do not purchase animals from pet shops. This alone ensures that puppymillers will continue to get paid (http://www.qklinkserver.com/lm/rtl3.asp?si=19903&k=get%20paid) for their careless breeding habits, and continue to produce litters. Boycott local pet shops that sell livestock, and let them know that you are aware of puppymills. If you notice breeder ads in your local newspaper advertising (http://www.qklinkserver.com/lm/rtl3.asp?si=19903&k=newspaper%20advertising) more than one breed of dog, contact the humane society and let them know of your suspicions. Believe it or not, puppymillers do advertise in newspapers and local ad boards. Inform people of the reality; the general public does not even know that these things are happening!