Ireland, Pit Bulls, and the City of Kansas
If a pit bull terrier terrorises passengers on a bus, is the dog a terrorist? But if the bus is in Belfast is the dog not a paramilitary?
In Northern Ireland this year Police officers have four times had to shoot enraged dogs dead. No plastic bullets for Fido.
Beginning in January Ballymena council is implementing the first amnesty for dangerous dogs in the UK, reports The Guardian, and compares it to what it quaintly refers to as the city of Kansas.
“These are illegal dogs,” said Nigel Devine, Ballymena’s dog warden. “A lot of people don’t know they have them. They think they have a Staffordshire bull terrier.
Several pit bull breeders are believed to operate near the border with the Republic. As Ireland’s Tánaiste is in fact a pit bull, the dogs are not illegal in the republic.
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Eolaí gan Fhéile:
A pit bull who needs a lot of minders, as it happens. Dad and I nipped out to UCD last night, where it turned out that the Tánaiste was giving a talk; the place was crawling with guards and self-important looking lads in suits.
first of all id like to say there is no such thing as a dangerous breed of dog just because one dog out of a breed may be dangerous does not mean you can label the whole breed. the problem with the pitbull is lack of knowledge, mistaking identity, bad owners, bad press ignorance and cruelty plus they can be bought for as little as 100euro and mostly giving away because there owner has no use for them anymore. Ive had this breed for 20 years and at the moment i have 3 pitbull terriers and never had one problem with this breed as any breed of dog you have to train and restrain the pitbull is no different to any other breed, there are more attacks from lab’s and cooker spaniels Colly’s than pitbulls ever its just never reported, pitbulls of any breed if you do some research were breed pacificly to be non person aggressive, yes they were breed for animal combat but as i said a well trained obedient pitbull is no different than any other breed. banning certain breeds is not the answer as it will only move to the next breed. responsible ownership needs to be promoted plus the law’s on these restricted breeds needs to be enforced. but for us humans its always easier to blame the lower being such as the dog than to recognize the mistakes of owners and the council, if i drink drive and kill someone they don’t blame the car.. punish the deed not the breed and then we will see results..
Lillie I am completely against the banning of breeds of dogs and don’t disagree with you at all.
I’ve made similar points in many places including in this allegory here on Irish KC and also over on Fat Mammy Cat’s site
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