[ SHOWGSD-L ] The Lunatics Have Taken Over BSL Breeds Listed, Ireland
- From: "Ginger Cleary" <cleary1414@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Showgsd-L@Freelists. Org" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 21:24:25 -0400
It is not just happening here....
Ginger Cleary,Rome, GA ww.rihadin.com
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo
the fatigue of supporting it. ~Thomas Paine
Member GSDCA
Member Sawnee Mtn Kennel Club
GA Director Responsible Dog Owners of the Eastern States.
-----Original Message-----
"Dublin City Council is to introduce a ban on eleven breeds of dog from
properties including houses, flats and estates, with immediate effect.
The breeds are: English Bull Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, American
Pit Bull Terrier, Rottweiler, German Shepherd (Alsatian), Doberman,
Rhodesian Ridgeback, Japanese Akita, Bull Mastiff, Japanese Tosa and Bandog.
Cross-breeds of these dogs or crosses of these dogs with any other breed are
also banned.
Owners will be given the opportunity to rehouse the dogs but if
alternative accommodation cannot be found for they will be destroyed.
The council has taken the step to remove all "dangerous breeds" due to the
increasing numbers of complaints from tenants and because of the legal
implications associated with an attack taking place on one of its
properties.
The ban initially applies to council housing and all public areas within
council estates."
As is typical - a small child gets mauled and I get dozens of 'phone calls
from the Radio, TV and newspapers ... now ... absolutely nothing.
So, it's time we started doing things here folks. Make no mistake ... it's
the thin end of the wedge. Perhaps tomorrow my Yorkies will bite someone and
then they will be on the 'controlled' list as well?
Perhaps tomorrow the loony Councillors will decide that certain portion of
society are more 'prone' to violence than others ... and they will be
euthanized?
This is the man we need to talk to NOW from Dublin Council - and don't
forget he will want your vote soon. I don't think so?!
Councillor Kevin Humphreys
cllr_kevin.humphreys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
+353 087 298 91 03 (M)
+353 01 667 80 97+353 01 668 68 54 (H)
Then, of course, there's John Gormley - Minister of the Environment who's
got the ultimate responsibility.
Address: Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government,
Custom House, Dublin 1.
Tel: +353 01 888 2403 Fax: +353 01 878 8640 Email:
minister@xxxxxxxxxx
He had the distinction of being the first elected representative in
Ireland to have an email address johngormley@xxxxxxxxxx
Here is a sample letter I have sent to a number of news agencies and, of
course, the above two individuals. Even if you are not in Ireland these
nutters need to be TOLD that they cannot take away our Civil Rights ... we
can own whatever dogs we like ... as long as WE ARE RESPONSIBLE DOG OWNERS!
Please e-mail them with different Subject: lines it'll keep them bemused
for hours (and might not do their e-mail systems any good, either).
Dear Mr Humphreys
I have just read the article in Saturdays Irish Times on Dublin City
councils decision to ban certain breeds of dogs from council properties.
This decision causes me great concern for a number of reasons. How did the
Council reach the decision about dangerous breeds? What criteria were
applied and who advised them on this decision? Did the Council consult with
any of the animal welfare organisations that are now going to have deal with
a huge increase in abandoned and unwanted dogs as a result of this decision?
Were they consulted as to the wisdom or otherwise of such a decision. How
many other options were explored before this decision was reached?
Be VERY assured that I have sent out your decision to all my friends ?
urging them to contact you PERSONALLY to voice their total disgust and
displeasure at your unilateral and illegal decision banning family pet dogs.
The Council, before reaching their decision, should have sought the advice
of people who deal with animal welfare on a daily basis. Such organisations
are by and large lobbying for responsible legislation that states that it
should be dealt with by ?deed not breed?. Any dog can have the capacity to
be aggressive depending on how it has been treated by human beings. Such
legislation would also allow for degrees of offences and remedies required
by the owners as opposed to wholesale destruction of dogs by virtue of the
fact that they have a specific breed name.
Such draconian actions and legislation that supports such actions has
proven in other areas to be a resounding failure. This decision will result
in a number of things:
1.. Distraught families and children who have to hand over beloved
family pets either for re-homing or destruction with no responsible
assessment of the individual dog and its owners.
2.. Irresponsible owners, particularly those who use their dogs for
fighting and who breed dogs for the same purpose will most certainly not
hand their dogs over and will instead put them into hiding and carry on with
their cruel practices even further from the public eye.
3.. Amnesties will be offered by councils to those owners to hand their
dogs over and this will fail also.
4.. Many dogs will now be abandoned or thrown on to the streets for
animal welfare organisations to pick up and take responsibility for. These
organisations are generally under resourced anyway and this will result in
the needless cull of many dogs.
5.. The whole area of fighting dogs is a very lucrative one and it will
now be driven further underground and people will make even more money out
of this cruelty to animals.
In short the Council has been very irresponsible and rash in taking this
decision with very little thought for the consequences. The focus should be
on the behaviour of the owners and not the dogs and this issue can be
addressed with responsible ownership not destruction.
Regards
Peter Banks
Web: www.IrishDogs.ie
T: +353 (45) 860921
F: +353 (45) 860624
M: +353 (85) 120 6800
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