To help you craft the specifics of your message, here are a few basic reasons why breed discrimination doesn't work as well as some more points discrediting it as bad public policy.
The simple truth is that breed discrimination doesn't work.»
Learn about how breed discrimination doesn't work and who's working on this topic.
Not exact matches
Not to mention the work that is being
done in fighting
breed -
discrimination.
We have come a long way in busting the myths of
breed discrimination, but there is a lot of misinformation and education to be
done and by simply marking «pit bull» you have eliminated adopters from some communities, put a potential adopter in jeopardy of losing their home insurance, and limited the number of potential adopters.
Grants are available for dogs or cats pulled from licensed MI shelters that have public adoption programs and
do not engage in
breed discrimination.
We don't believe in
breed discrimination, and we know it's never too late for an old dog to learn new tricks.
Do not be put off by negligent owners who have encouraged the
discrimination of this
breed.
There are a number of organizations that aim to combat
breed discrimination, and while they are
doing great work, change needs to happen at all levels, which is why one shelter in Florida has stepped up to the plate and removed all of its
breed identification labels from kennel cards and their website.
It is confirming that there is no one bad dog and that the focus should always have been on the owner of a dog for responsibility and that
breed discrimination is unfair and useless especially since there are so many dogs that are mixed
breeds how could you fairly judge these dogs and you would have to
do DNA testing and still that would accomplish very little.
Organizations
doing amazing work, that desperately need our help to continue with rescues, adoptions, building proper shelter facilities, getting proper medical care, low cost spay and neuter programs, helping to teach children kindness and compassion through animals, and advocacy programs such as fighting against cruelty and working to fight against
breed discrimination.
This is a snippet from an amazing article
done by Best Friends Animal Society Dog
Breed Discrimination: How to Prevent It in Your Community
Dog
breed discrimination is wrong, and
breed ban laws
do not keep the public safer.
Based on these studies, and concerns about due process and property rights infringement, the American Bar Association, the National Animal Control Association, and the American Veterinary Medical Association don't support
breed discrimination, Best Friends said in a press release.