A new article in a Colorado paper refers to breed banning as “a Holocaust against dogs.” Once again we are stunned by the inappropriate and demeaning linking of breed specific laws and human horror. The 20th Century saw millions of human beings murdered in the Holocaust and genocides. To compare this to breed bans is […]
An Illinois man is on trial for killing his neighbor’s dog. The charge is animal cruelty. The dog was trespassing on his property, had been pursuing another animal, and was racing toward him for the apparent purpose of attacking him. (For details, click here to read the news article.) We read about dogs rushing into a […]
A newspaper quoted someone today as saying, “Breed-specific legislation is racism against dogs.” No, it is not. Invoking the fight against racism is not only irrational but also a slap in the face of anyone who seriously opposes discrimination against people based upon the color of their skin. The term “racism” refers to human races, […]
I do not believe that the owners of really dangerous dogs have any idea what it feels like to be attacked by one of them. Being surrounded by dogs, trying to fend them off, falling to the ground … and more … is something that these people just don’t think about. I have represented people […]