On creating safer communities

Can you think of a single instance where those who were working to make the world a better place were not subject to ridicule by their opponents? Whenever someone is trying to improve on anything, you can guarantee that someone else will have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo.
It was only 126 years ago that the Canadian Suffragette Association was formed. Even so, it took the first 26 years before they were able to successfully lobby to have the law changed so that abduction of women became a criminal act.
My grandmother's generation was the first one to be eligible to vote in this country. My mother's generation was the first one that could legally hold, and inherit, property anywhere in this country. My generation was the first one to have their jobs protected by law when they went on maternity leave. My 31 year old daughter's generation is the first one to find some measure of protection under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Naturally this made men nervous..... even today many men don't quite get my all time favourite ( Margaret Mead,of course ) quote " every time you liberate a woman, you liberate a man". Not specifically because they were men, but because as the beneficiaries of 'having the upper hand' it wasn't in their vested interests to encourage gender equality.
At the end of the day, that's the 'hundred dollar phrase' - vested interest. With BDL, politicians have a vested interest because it makes a dandy diversionary tactic to distract voters from the things they aren't doing. Other proponents include the commercial breeding megaliths who have absolutely no interest in seeing any area of animal husbandry for dogs become regulated or legislated in any fashion. Naturally the nasty folks who make the big bucks from dog fighting don't want to see an infringement on their right to do business.
So for every honest to dog website run by animal advocates trying to create better, healthier and safer communities for their families and neighbours, there will be ones that are working from the other end of the stick. The ones who try to justify chaining dogs as some sort of public service, without which we would be swimming in a sea of chaos and destruction. The ones that keep insisting, in spite of supporting data and studies, that chaining dogs has nothing to do with aggression issues or dog bites.
Since the creation of Break the Chain in Nova Scotia , there have been no shortage of critics trying to explain why chaining and penning dogs is a good thing. They are basing their arguments on material pulled from sites that are clearly created out of 'vested interests'.
The web is wonderful tool, but one needs to remember that it is only a tool and no replacement for independent thought. Misinformation sites aren't uncommon.... look at the Holocaust denial and white supremacy sites, eh?
But I am a middle aged grandmother and I want a better and safer world for my daughter and granddaughter.
What time is it? Its time to wake up and understand there really is no rational argument for treating a living breathing intelligent sensitive sentient being like a yard ornament.