5/13/2005 11:23:00 AM|||Jason Mann|||As I read my email this morning I was caught off guard by an email detailing the actions of the City of Denver.
As I read about uyniformed police officers taking people's Pit Bulls to be killed at the shelter my heart sank.
Why?
Because they are Pit Bulls. None of them have bitten, attacked, or so much as LICKED a human being in the wrong way, but they die.
Bill Suro a vet for 45 years and creator of Maxfund, a nonprofit that cares for injured animals without owners said,
"Eighty percent all fatal attacks in the U.S. are caused by male dogs. I
guess, given this, it would be prudent to now ban all breeds of male
dogs."
He brings up a great point. Why not?
Such a law would be as unrealistic and barbaric.
My blood boils at these powers of goverment and the fury in which they act.
Kind of makes you want to puke actually.
I have a message for large breed owners. Watch out St. Benhard lovers. You could be next. Or Malamute lovers, as pointed out in the email a Malamute killed a 7 year old child last week in Denver too.
Will they be next?
Pit Bull owners need to start taking action right now.
No more is it okay to sit back and think, "Well that's Denver, not my area."
What can you do?
You can flood the mayor of Denver with information.
We must have unified voice and we must take action.
Otherwise it may be your Pit Bull being taken by a uniformed Police officer to be slaughtered.
Here's the information for the Mayor of Denver:
John W. Hickenlooper
1437 Bannock St., Ste. 350
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: (720) 865-9000
Fax: (720) 865-8791
E-mail: MileHighMayor@ci.denver.co.us
Strike out. Speak out. Take action and FIGHT.
Best Regards,
Jason, Angel and Honey
http://www.PitBullLovers.com|||111600908349484860|||Denver Pit Bull Ban - Pit Bulls being rounded up for Killing5/13/2005 12:32:25 PM|||Stacy the PQ|||When I heard this, I felt the same way.
I know in Miami right now, it's against the law to own Pit Bulls....they fine you for every one you have but I'm not sure if they euthanize them or not.
I tell you one thing though, they'd have a hell of a time taking my dogs from me.
Thanks for the info. on the mayor. I actually went on-line (to the Denver post) and e-mailed off a letter with statistics about Pit Bull bites to the guy who wrote the article about the ban.
Thanks again! :)6/01/2005 02:00:15 PM||||||thanks for posting the mayor's info - I wrote him a letter today and will every day until this ban is repealed.
I live in Pittsburgh and have a very sweet pit named Emma, and if anyone ever tried to take her, it would be over my dead body.
Jen7/22/2005 10:34:08 PM||||||I'm writing a letter and sending an e-mail right now. Thanks so much for posting this info. I've been looking everywhere trying to figure out what I can do to help. If you get any more info on things I can do post it... even if I have to fly to Denver to do it!!!