Reigning Cats and Dogs: Another Update about Shelby

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Another Update about Shelby

Do you remember last month when there was a Lost Black Lab named Shelby ? Its always nice when a story has a happy ending .... but Shelby hasn't quite hit her 'happily ever after' yet. For those who were interested in her story when she was lost in the storm, Shelby is now available for adoption from NS Labrador Rescue. Years ago my own Lab Max was an escape artist and when he moved to Greenwood with me I had to replace all the old fashioned screen door handles on my first house with something that he COULDN'T open by himself : )))
It is always the unusual bits about our pets that we wind up bragging about, hmmmm?

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BSL is NOT the Path to Public Safety because:

Many dogs are misidentified and consequently destroyed because of their apprearance
It is often difficult, even for experts, to determine the breed of a dog, particularly when considering mixed breed dogs
Breed -discrimination laws cause unintended hardship to responsible owners of friendly dogs who happen to fall within the regulated breed category
Breed -discriminatory laws compromise public safety by requiring officers to enforce regulations on dogs who may or may not be dangerous, instead of investing resources into proven, effective tactics that make the community safer
Every dog is an individual, with his or her own unique personality. A dog should be judged on temperment and not appearance.
The police and animal control will lose the public's trust by seizing and killing pets simply because of their appearance
Studies of pre and post-breed-ban dog bite rates in the United Kingdom and Spain concluded that their breed discriminatory laws had no effect whatsoever on reducing dog bites.
Italy recently revoked its breed restrictions, stating that the ban had no scientific justification.
Closer to home, Calgary has the lowest dog bite rates in 25 years without enacting breed discrimination.
Last but definitely not least, here in Nova Scotia it will create a conflict for any SPCA shelters who perform contractual work for animal control, given the SPCA official position of No Kill.