Petition to Stop Illinois House Bill 4213
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IL Reps. Shane Cultra and Mark Beaubien, Jr. have just proposed an amendment to the Animal Control Act which will allow breed-specific legislation state-wide in Illinois. This means that any municipality within the state of Illinois will be able to legally pass breed-specific legislation banning any breed of dog they so choose. Such breed bans have been ruled unconstitutional in other states due to infringement of citizens' 14th amendment Due Process rights. Worse still is that American Pit Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers, "pit bulls," "pit bull terriers," Rottweilers, and Staffordshire Terriers are already defined in this bill as "vicious" breeds of dog, which will result in severe and unfair restrictions for these breeds. Consider what the CDC concluded as a result of their report "Breeds of dogs involved in fatal human attacks in the United States between 1979 and 1998":
"Although fatal attacks on humans appear to be a breed-specific problem (pit bull-type dogs and Rottweilers), other breeds may bite and cause fatalities at higher rates. Because of difficulties inherent in determining a dogs breed with certainty, enforcement of breed-specific ordinances raises constitutional and practical issues. Fatal attacks represent a small proportion of dog bite injuries to humans and, therefore, should not be the primary factor driving public policy concerning dangerous dogs. Many practical alternatives to breed-specific ordinances exist and hold promise for prevention of dog bites." (J Am Vet Med Assoc 2000;217:836840)
Please vote no on this irresponsible and misguided bill.
"Although fatal attacks on humans appear to be a breed-specific problem (pit bull-type dogs and Rottweilers), other breeds may bite and cause fatalities at higher rates. Because of difficulties inherent in determining a dogs breed with certainty, enforcement of breed-specific ordinances raises constitutional and practical issues. Fatal attacks represent a small proportion of dog bite injuries to humans and, therefore, should not be the primary factor driving public policy concerning dangerous dogs. Many practical alternatives to breed-specific ordinances exist and hold promise for prevention of dog bites." (J Am Vet Med Assoc 2000;217:836840)
Please vote no on this irresponsible and misguided bill.
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Lydia J
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I love my pitbull. Terriers are simply harder to train. Yorkies bite too. The responsibility rests soley on the owners... no dog should be put down just because it is a specific breed. I don't believe in racism in humans OR dogs.
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Calvin J
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It's not the dogs fault for doing what they do. The heartless owners who actually put the dogs through hell should be punished. I don't have a pit right now, but my baby sis does and she loves her dogs treats them nice, they all sleep together and she wou
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Carlos G
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I myself work at Petco which is a worldwide petstore and have seen many owners and there pets. Not once has a pitbull entered with its owner and been viciouse, in fact they prove to be some of the biggest sweethearts I've seen. Banning pitbulls would be s
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