A 7-year-old Dorchester boy is recovering today from bites on his arm and back after the second pit bull attack in Boston in less than 24 hours. (full article)
Several attacks by pit bulls over recent months have focused attention on the breed. Lawmakers on the State’s Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government plan to hold a hearing Monday on potential new dog-control laws, including a proposal that would ban pit bulls statewide.
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1 april // May 18, 2007 at 8:23 pm
That is very sad about the attacks but banning a breed is illogical, the cost alone is high to even try to enforce the law. Also what should really be looked at is what caused the attack, neglect, or a none altered dog, a wild dog, or abused (not uncommon for pitbulls to be beaten by thier “owners” to make them “mean”), or bad owners. The thing is it isn’t the beed that is the problem it is the owners, and indiscriment breeding. Also what about the current dog laws that are already there. Ask how well are these laws being enforced, such as leash laws. The reason I say this is because if they ban the breed the only people it will hurt are the law abiding citizens who actually love their Pits. The neglectful people will just get another large dog to abuse and beat. Then what ban another breed? If you go on this trail soon you won’t beable to even own a dog. Most dog attacks in generally are done by unaltered dogs, what might be a better idea would be to start a campaign to require dogs that aren’t spayed or neuterd have to pay more when registered.
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