Thanks for the info!
My personal opinion on the matter is that I do not believe any breed is more dangerous than another. I think people become careless and complacent and forget that they are dealing with an animal. I may view my dogs as my kids, however, I would not leave my 3yr old niece alone with my Sunny regardless of how great they have always been together! I'm not that stupid, but apparently too many people are that stupid and that irresponsible.
Personally, I am very fond of pits. Even though I have had a bad experience in the past with a specific breed, I do not believe all dogs of that breed are bad, evil, or should be killed.
Some may disagree with me on this, and that is ok, but this is my own opinion. It is unfortunate that it may come down to this, but I sincerely believe the parents of the child mauled to death should be charged with child endangerment or even murder for leaving their child unattended with two dogs. If we legislatively and/or legally enforce and apply laws to situations like this we *may* cause some pet owners to behave more responsibly. It is a sad situation that people wouldn't be more intelligent & responsible, but for the benefit of people and the dogs, it may be our only course of action.
"MacKenzie, Kerry N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ingrid Newkirk WAS Peta when I first heard of Peta years ago.Please if poss see Chicagoland Tails Spring issue (I'll try and see if I can find it later on the web--I'm at work right now) where there is a very good article by writer/radio presenter Steve Dale on Pitbulls that says there is no scientific evidence to show that pits are any more dangerous than any other breeds. I just came across the article this am.-----Original Message-----
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Subject: OT - PETA questionI don't want to drive the list crazy on the pit topic again, but I thought this was rather interesting and was curious about PETA's stand on this (which is mentioned in the article).First off, I recognize this is an opinion article, but the author claims to be part of PETA. I am not a PETA supporter, so I don't know if she is actually in any way associated with PETA.I was wondering if anyone could corroborate or dispute these statements, in particular to PETA's stand/opinion on this matter ...many thanks ...
Rachel"Folk will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog" C. Doran
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