Posted by Christina Anderson How easy is it to forget the cruelty of the Ipswich Council maybe the Mayor needs to read this site. The legislation will be unworkable, and unenforceable, Breed identification is virtually impossible, especially identification of the "pit bull" type dog because it is NOT a breed, but rather a catch-all term for a number of breeds, mixed breeds, and sometimes unknown combinations of breeds. Even DNA testing has not been proven to be able to pick one breed over another. Question, is the wording of the restricted dog laws unconstitutionally vague and therefore be void due to vagueness? The wording American pit bull terrier’ or ‘pit bull terrier’ used as an easily identifiable breed of dog is clearly vague and in no way sufficiently clear and precise therefore violates equal protection and due process, by not stipulating specific guidelines to inhibit Councils Animal Control Officers from enforcing the law in an arbitrary or discriminatory fashion and on the ground that the ordinance's definition of an American pit bull terrier’ ,pit bull terrier, is on its face unconstitutionally vague or void due to vagueness. Why should any owner suffer the mental stress of having their dog put down because of breed, wouldn't this government benefit more if the started educating families. Logan council has wasted 80.000 dollars of rate payers money to fight two cases in the courts, none of these dogs did wrong, misidentified by ACO officers and deemed pit bulls. Great post Karen
on November 14, 2005, 10:05 am, in reply to "replies from QSW Ipswich council"
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http://www.geocities.com/raeleanep/countryside.html.
BSL does not consider the individual dog, its past actions and behaviour, or even the way the dog has been raised and treated by its owner. Just being of the "wrong" breed is all it takes - the dog is assumed to be guilty until proven innocent!
http://www.pitbullsontheweb.com/petbull/findpit.html Please take a look can you pick the pit bull.
Breed-specific legislation frequently refers to pit bulls and pit mixes without giving a definition of what is considered a "pit bull/mix". This leads to serious constitutional questions and frequent identification problems.
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