Turning Tides?

It does seem as though things may be swinging our way. Coverage last night of Clayton Ruby's legal challenge and of the Queen's Park Candlelight vigil seemed more balanced, better informed, less extreme. A drastic difference on the legal show on CP24 where callers screamed out their fear of pitbulls mere months ago but last night were strongly against the pitbull ban and spoke their nearly universal desire to have owners held more accountable for their dog's actions. Few spoke with the emotion that characterized the media feedback back in November and February and it seems we've gotten the word out because many callers were even educated about the ban and alternate solutions. Many offered interesting and potential solutions. A wide range of viewpoints were heard, almost universally against the ban.

Unfortunately, stoptheban.ca is still encountering a few technical difficulties but as soon as it is bug free (hopefully I can get it all fixed up tomorrow) we'll go wide with the site and start getting the numbers going. Thanks for sticking with us. Together it really does look as though beating the ban is a real possibility and if Ruby doesn't take care of it legally, it looks like we'll be able to do it politically.

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August 29/05 Bites

So, today I woke up the official owner of a banned breed, two of them to be precise. The senselessness and injustice can only be truly felt with the legislation as reality. To muzzle or not to muzzle, to comply or not, to leash between the car and the now-illegal park or not, these questions all of a sudden have life and death implications for my two pitbulls. I'm very angry to have to be considering them at all my self. Me, a responsible dog owner who has built a lifestyle around having happy, healthy dogs - a morning off-leash walk so they can get the ya-yas out, so I can wake up with a dose of nature before heading off into the corporate world. Freedom, for myself and my pets, my pitbulls, freedom that ensures health and happiness and holistic well-being - now illegal thanks to Dalton McGuinty and his puppet, Michael Bryant. Thousands of dogs now threatened, not just with a loss of freedom but for those without permanent homes, with a loss of life. All for liberal grandstanding that led them to mislead the public of Ontario and essentially lie in all press appearances. That led them so far down this path of misrepresentation of the facts, that they couldn't go back and instead violated the democratic process and betrayed the people of Ontario. All the experts have agreed, punish the deed, not the breed. We have to stop the ban and this will most likely mean a change of government or the successful lawsuit. Hard to say which will come first. Please do your part by spreading the word about stoptheban.ca. Together we can stop the ban and save pitbulls, our rights and the democratic way of life, and our right to say that we are innocent until proven guilty.

Bite Me Bryant!
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