I usually read these pitbull articles and it seems to me (unscientifically) that there are common themes amongst many of the attack stories:
-culprit dogs escaping their yards
-previous accounts of dogs menacing or biting/attacking before a kill
-multiple dogs involved generating a pack mentality
This has caused me to wonder if legislation wouldn't serve the community better if it were geared toward more drastic action in the case of any of thise things happening. Also, those things are potentially not subjective. For instance, say a dog escapes its yard by a broken gate, or by digging under fence.
If the dog has not menaced anyone then the owner could be given one chance to adequately secure the yard....and I mean really secure it to the point nothing is getting out of there, or lose the dog. This would also potentially differentiate responsible dog owners from irresponsible dog owners, who should not own any powerful or potentially dangerous breed.
In the recent Montreal case the dog had attacked and bitten before and also escaped its yard when it killed the woman. I would bet money it wasn't the first time it escaped the yard.
In a nutshell, I wonder if instead of banning pitbulls the laws should be revamped to say, no home has more than 1 pitbull, they must be speutered, and if any large breed escapes a yard owners have to make extensive and meaningful changes to the yard immediately or lose the dog.
-culprit dogs escaping their yards
-previous accounts of dogs menacing or biting/attacking before a kill
-multiple dogs involved generating a pack mentality
This has caused me to wonder if legislation wouldn't serve the community better if it were geared toward more drastic action in the case of any of thise things happening. Also, those things are potentially not subjective. For instance, say a dog escapes its yard by a broken gate, or by digging under fence.
If the dog has not menaced anyone then the owner could be given one chance to adequately secure the yard....and I mean really secure it to the point nothing is getting out of there, or lose the dog. This would also potentially differentiate responsible dog owners from irresponsible dog owners, who should not own any powerful or potentially dangerous breed.
In the recent Montreal case the dog had attacked and bitten before and also escaped its yard when it killed the woman. I would bet money it wasn't the first time it escaped the yard.
In a nutshell, I wonder if instead of banning pitbulls the laws should be revamped to say, no home has more than 1 pitbull, they must be speutered, and if any large breed escapes a yard owners have to make extensive and meaningful changes to the yard immediately or lose the dog.