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Tuesday, February 19, 2008


Experts Question the Legality of Madisonville's Pit Bull Ban

Texas Prohibits Breed-Specific Laws
Madisonville, TX - Some legal experts say the pit bull ban is not legal. According to the Texas Health and Safety Code, rules regarding dangerous dogs can be enacted by counties or cities if those requirements "are not specific to one breed." The city attorney for Madisonville, John Bankhead, said he's fully aware of the health and safety code, and that it's time to change it.

Jay Sabatucci, the director of the Texas office for the HSUS said, "It's the same as you can't do a class of people. You can't do a class of breed." The term "racism," however, applies to human beings alone, as does the term "human rights." Mankind created multiple breeds of dogs for multiple purposes, as such, mankind can regulate them. Randall Lockwood, formerly of the HSUS, admits in a training video:
"I also think that it is shortsighted and not biologically or ecologically accurate to deny the fact that dog breed effects behavior and the potential for aggression. Setters "set" because we bred them to do that. Pointers "point" because we bred them to do that. Retrievers "retrieve" because we bred them to do that. Fighting dogs "fight" and guarding dogs "guard," and attack dogs "attack" because we bred them to do that."
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02/17/08: Pit Bulls Banned in Madisonville, Texas

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3 comments:

Anonymous Dee  |  2/19/2008 11:17 AM  |  Flag  
The battle is on now! Go Mr. Bankhead go!

Anonymous Anonymous  |  2/19/2008 12:20 PM  |  Flag  
It is horribly offensive to equate minorities with dogs by labeling BSL as "racist". These are domesticated animals, for God's sake!!! I have no idea how anyone, in this day and age, gets away with comparing dogs to religious and ethnic minorities.

Is it "racist" to say that retrievers retrieve? That hounds bay? Of all the stupid, offensive arguments the pro-pit lobby come up with, this is the worst.

Anonymous Anonymous  |  2/20/2008 2:43 AM  |  Flag  
You all don't get it! Any good trait comes from breeding and genetics.... The maulings and grotesquely explosive dog aggression come from lack of hugs and kisses.

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