Northern Ireland Pit Bull "Amnesty"

[Sophist]

Why don't the Pit Bull, which they admit are non-vicious, get an 'amnesty' to at least try to relocate or register or ANYTHING?

I also don't understand them supposedly allowing Staffordshire terriers, but banning pit bull 'types', which usually means anything that looks remotely bully-like. I foresee a nightmare of a situation in which unqualified 'authorities' more or less randomly pick and choose which bully-type dogs are pit-types, and which bully-type dogs are NOT pit-types. Do YOU think you could bring in a Staffordshire terrier puppy, a pit bull puppy, a cane corso puppy, and your average lab mix puppy to a city council member and have them accurately pick the pit bull 'type' out of the group?

You'd better hope they don't look cross-eyed at your Cane Corso, or you're in jail for up to two years!

I did like Mr. Devine's making a point about a lot of the macho people who buy bullies just for imagine actually parading around 'mongrels'. I don't know about Norhtern Ireland, but here that is most certainly true.

[lizbud]

There is no Northern Ireland. There's Ireland and then there's
"Southern England". If it's only that town or area, I would move away from there to save my dogs. Right thinking pit owners should organize
and vote the law out.It's a damn shame.

[mugsy]

I just want to slap some sense into these idiots. Just more fuel to my fire for my hatred for so much of the human race. They would kill me before they took my dog and tried to kill him or her.