Should ownership/possession of pit bull dogs in OK be banned? |
Yes, without a doubt! |
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No, I don't see a problem... |
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I can't make up my mind yet! |
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Sevnn
Candy Cane King
Joined: 22 Mar 2003
Posts: 7711
Location: Kyrat
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One of the primary reasons my wife and I moved was because of our next door neighbor, their inability to properly fence their dogs, and the complete lack of support from animal control. I was bitten by their german shepard, filed a report, NOTHING happened. Their dog was of its leash running around the neighborhood. This was the nth time it had happened and it continued to happen after that. On one occasion the dog took off after an elderly woman pushing a baby carriage. It was showing extreme signs of aggression and if the neighbor across the street (not the dog owner) hadn't been in his yard and called the dog off, the dog would have likely attacked the woman and/or the baby.
I reported the bite and the dog running loose over 10x to animal control and the OKCPD. Nothing was ever done. Shortly before we moved out, the neighbor got a new "friend" who owned 2 pitbulls. Her "friend's" dogs didn't get along with her dogs so they kept them in the front yard leashed to a 20lb wooden bench. Once the dogs got aggressive towards me and had no difficulty at all pulling the bench across the yard. If I was armed, I would have taken care of both of them.
If I hadn't moved away, I would have armed myself and taken the matter into my own hands.
The problem isn't the breed (necessarily), the problem is the owners of the breed. Typical owners of chows/pitbulls are lower class/income people who don't respect other people and/or have anything to loose if their dogs attack someone. Unfortunately for us (in the old house), the neighbors house was foreclosed-bought by a bank-renovated-and sold for less than 1/2 the value of our home putting us next to poor white trash. We had firm belief she was selling drugs/sex on a regular basis. We had to call the cops very often for her (and her "friends") behavior.
I did research pitbull attacks when I heard about this legislation about 6 months ago. Pitbulls and Chows are the most prevelant breeds of dogs to attack statistically. This number is however based on pure counts, not percentages of dogs in each breed. The study I read stated that pitbulls and chows have a very high population and that the percentage of bites per breed is higher but still very close to other breeds such as dobermans and german shepards. The study did also say that in a 20 year period (if my memory serves correct) chows have been the highest number of attacks for about 15 of those years. Pitbulls have recently become the number one with chows in second. I wish I had the article but I'm too lazy to google.
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Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:50 am
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