Commissioner Layne Dicker said that city shelters are already misleading the public by having
breed labels because breeds are often wrong when they are judged visually.
Not exact matches
But the coercion of mandatory
labeling ought to be reserved for information that is relevant to health, not GMO content,
because government - sponsored assessments have repeatedly concluded that approved GMOs are at least as safe and nutritious as their conventionally
bred counterparts.
The whole point of not
labelling the
breed is so that pitbull type dogs have a better chance of getting adopted
because of the unfortunate stigma around the
breed.
However,
labeling one specific dog as aggressive and penalising a canine
because of its
breed is ruthless and unacceptable.
Educate them if they're new, actually ask them what their practices are (I find a lot of people automatically
label people as a BYB just for having the gall to
breed any dog at all, it doesn't matter what the persons standards were — BYB is just a negative slang term intended to attack / offend any given breeder — it actually doesn't mean anything in a legal sense, there is no legal definition of it
because there is no way of defining it in a legal manner without also applying it to all breeders).
Each one from a breeder folks would likely
label a BYB simply
because they are «farms» (I saw more than one article online specifically defining farmers whom
breed dogs as BYBs
because hey — someone who
breeds goats, cows, etc. for a living and to feed the rest of us clearly has no idea when it comes to
breeding dogs).
Because pit bulls are restricted, some owners may be
labeling their dogs as other
breeds or mixes, so they would not have to comply with the regulations.
X spoke further with the workers there and learned that the dog - aggressive
label on this girl is
because she didn't get along with a female weimeraner at her house, after the weim was
bred.
One thing you won't find when scanning dog foods is a large
breed senior formula, but that's only
because they aren't
labeled as such.
There are a number of lesser - known insurance companies that disagree with the concept of
labeling dogs solely
because of their
breed.
But there are a number of lesser - known insurance companies that disagree with the concept of
labeling dogs solely
because of their
breed.
Because the term refers to a whole host of
breeds and mixes, shelter workers and city officials often wrongfully
label dogs as pit bulls, which can mean a death sentence for the animal involved.
Dangerous and / or vicious animals should be
labeled as such as a result of their actions or behaviors and not
because of their
breed.