Pit bulls and breed bans

[Catherine]

Some areas have breed bans. In particular pit bulls get banned. It is thought that this will make people safe from dog attacks.
Ontario has a pit bull ban and there are more dog bites than before the ban. So it is not the Pit bulls that are the problem.

Pit bulls have been in the news lately. Sadly a woman in Quebec was killed this week by a neighbours pit bull.
https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&...rfd1ivvCPA

Clearly the dog was a problem and it is sad that the woman was killed.
However the gut level reaction calling for a pit bull ban is not the answer.


People marched to protest a possible pit bull ban. People with pit bulls as pets do not want to lose their beautiful pet because of the actions of one dog.

http://news.google.ca/news/url?sr=1&ct2=...t=2&at=dt0

Unfortunately there was another pit bull incident this week on the west coast.  Four women tried to break up some fighting pit bulls and the dogs turned on them.
http://news.google.ca/news/url?sr=1&ct2=...t=2&at=dt0

All these incidents just renew the fears that have led to pit bull bans elsewhere.

It will be a sad day if it happens because many beautiful loving dogs will die because of the ban. People will still get bitten by dogs. Sometimes it will be the owners fault, sometimes it will be the bitten persons fault and some times it will be the dogs fault. What it isn't is the fault of a specific breed.