Sentences with phrase «pit bull owners simply»

This is inconsistent with the assumption that pit bull owners simply do not want their animals altered, and more consistent with a humane community outreach approach to encouraging spay and neuter in underserved areas — for all pets.

Not exact matches

Governments that have adopted BSL — such as the Montreal City Council, led by Mayor Denis Coderre — target specific breeds (primarily «pit bull - type» dogs) by imposing restrictions on owners or simply banning them outright.

In this section the owners of dogsbite have inserted a header that simply states, «Criminals choose pit bulls.»

In the three weeks following those two grisly June incidents in California, more than 300 pit bulls and pit bull crosses were turned in to the Los Angeles County Animal Care and Control Department, most of them by owners who no longer wanted the responsibility of keeping them, or who had simply become frightened of their own pet by the breed's reputation.

Much of the time, potential owners of American Pit Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers, American Bullies, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, American Bulldogs, and any possible mix thereof, are simply denied access to housing, insurance and the like.

This was at a time when euthanasia for all non-pit bull type dogs was decreasing, yet more than 1100 additional pit bulls lost their lives in the next 3 years mostly because their owners were low income or on fixed incomes and simply unable to comply with the law.

Why should a well - behaved American Pit Bull Terrier, and its owner, be punished for the irresponsible actions of somebody else who simply happens to own the same breed?

You can reach a lot of pit bull and other pet owners and convince them to spay / neuter their dogs simply through education. Partner with local veterinarians, vet techs, dog trainers, local rescues and advocates, and offer educational programs about the importance of spay / neuter and provide the public with information about where they can obtain spay / neuter and the costs.

But note that euthanasia of pit bulls was down only 50 % as much as for other breeds despite the ordinance that was passed specifically to reduce numbers of pit bulls that end up in the shelters. The reason is in part because there was at the same time a 25 % increase in pit bulls impounded and euthanized simply because their owners had not spayed / neutered them under the new ordinance.

Quite simply, pit bull owners across the country are under fire.