Federal law takes steps against BSL!

6:00 am September 29, 2010, by Bob Barr Municipal governments from New York City to Miami, and from Council Bluffs, Iowa to Denver, have responded to fear of pit bulls and similar breeds of dogs, by severely restricting their ownership or banning them entirely from their jurisdictions.  Now, thanks to a rule issued recently by the U.S. Department of [...]

Ontario Pitbull Ban – Pitbull protest at city hall

TARA HAGAN (video http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid34284524001?bclid=0&bctid=78909918001) The Observer A group of dog owners set up camp at Sarnia’s city hall Monday to protest Ontario’s ban on pit bulls. “Basically, it’s not right to be cruel to animals,” said Josh Atkinson, organizer and owner of Justice, a five-year-old pit bull. “The City of Sarnia and a lot of [...]

Argument assignment: Anti BSL

For my argument class we had to pick a topic and write less than 275 words about it as a letter to the editor of some publication. I choose the local bias newspaper and of course, BSL alternatives. Everyone in the class seemed to like the argument and agreed that my suggestions seemed to make [...]