Pit Bull Columns
CELEBRITIES SHOULD REALIZE THEIR INFLUENCE
Published in the Vancouver Province among others...Miley Cyrus received a lot of heat recently for posting a picture of her new puppy with markings on its face and polish on its claws. People were outraged over the presumed toxic and poisonous matter she was subjecting her dog to, and some demanded she be charged with animal abuse. However, there are many harmless, pet-friendly markers and nail polishes that... (read more) (request to publish)
BREED SPECIFIC LEGISLATION WORKS WHEREVER IT’S ENFORCED
Published in the Osoyoos Times...For hundreds of years pit bulls were bred for bloodsport.They were bred for bull and bear baiting initially, and when that was made illegal, they were bred for dog fighting getting placed in a pit to savagely rip apart their own kind.Does that sound like a safe family pet to have living in your home or next door?The Town of Osoyoos has two... (read more) (request to publish)
SUICIDE BY PIT BULL: A POLICE COVER UP
Published in the Vancouver Province...The savage killing of Rebecca Hardy by a pit bull and a pit bull-husky mix on December 3 in her neighbors yard in Port Huron, Michigan, was puzzling from the start. The bizarre case turned from mysterious to preposterous when the medical examiner ruled the barbaric attack as a suicide merely five days later.Dr. Ljubisa Dragovic stated that Rebecca's entering a yard with pit... (read more) (request to publish)
PIT BULL TYPE DOGS HAVE NO PLACE IN CIVILIZED SOCIETY
Published in the Detroit News...Detroit Police Chief James Craig recently told a TV station that he thinks a ban on any particular dog breed is not logical.Whats more logical is that we make sure were holding others accountable, Craig said in an interview. That dogs are trained properly. What are the owners doing? Are they training these dogs as killers?Pit bulls dont need to be trained for that.... (read more) (request to publish)
PIT BULLS WEREN’T MEANT TO BE PETS
Published in the Michigan Herald...and...the Vancouver Province among others...Four year old Xavier Strickland waswalking down a residential street in Detroit, Michigan with his mom on December 2 when he was suddenly attacked by a neighbors four pit bulls. As his mother screamed and tried to shield her child from their powerful jaws, he was snatchedfrom her arms and dragged under the rod iron gate of the property where... (read more) (request to publish)
HOW MANY MORE CHILDREN MUST DIE?
Published in the Vancouver Province among others...Can we start a tally now? And say OK its going to take five, 10, 20 deaths before we do something about it? asked the father of six-year-old Jakob Clark, who spent 37 days in the hospital after a near deadly pit bull attack. When do we need to wake up and do something to protect our children? Its just... (read more) (request to publish)
PROTECTION FOR PEOPLE, PETS AND PIT BULLS
Published in the Vancouver Province among others...Do you remember Jarts? If youre as old as me you might. They were weighted metal lawn darts and a popular game back in the 80s when my brother and I would play with them in the backyard. We loved them, but theyre not for sale anymore. They were taken off the market decades ago when a bereaved father went on a... (read more) (request to publish)
CENSORED BY PIT BULL BULLIES
Published in the Vancouver Province among others...I received a call last week from the owner of a media company thats been publishing my column for almost four years. He claimed my recent article Pit bull propaganda is deadly had caused such a negative backlash that he and his wife felt it necessary to cancel my column.We love your work, he said. And we dont disagree with you on... (read more) (request to publish)
WON’T BACK DOWN
Published in the Vancouver Province among others...In my last column Pit bull propaganda is deadly I described how canines bred for hundreds of years to be champion dog killers are not a safe family pet. I supported facts such as pit bulls kill and severely injure more humans and animals than all other breeds combined with links to comprehensive studies, essays and statistics from several reputable sources. I... (read more) (request to publish)
PIT BULL PROPAGANDA IS DEADLY
Published in the Vancouver Province among others...The popular online news site Huffington Post just published an irresponsible series of articles and images promoting pit bulls as safe family dogs for their second annual Pit Bull Week. During those seven days a 25-year-old woman was killed by her own beloved pit bull of 10 years, a 48-year-old woman was mauled to death by her neighbours pit bull on her... (read more) (request to publish)