RSPCA Speaks Out Over Death Row Dog, Bruce

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RSPCA Speaks Out Over Death Row Dog, Bruce

 

July 10, 2009 by K9 Magazine News Editor

The RSPCA has added its voice to the growing outrage over the treatment of death row dog, Bruce, in Northern Ireland. The UK’s largest animal welfare charity said:

It is wrong that an entire breed of dog should be banned purely on the basis of its genetic make-up, without any consideration of an individual dog’s characteristics and temperament. (cont…)

The Dangerous Dogs (Amendment) Act 1997 was introduced in England and Wales so that the automatic death sentence on all pit bull type dogs was lifted. If Northern Ireland had adopted this amendment, many family pets identified as being pit bull types would be allowed to live out their life with their owners in accordance with the law. They would not be forced to spend their final days in kennels before being inevitably destroyed.

The RSPCA continues to campaign for the government to reassess its current dog legislation and shift emphasis from the four legs at the end of a lead to the two legs at the other. We want irresponsible owners to be held accountable for their actions, not their dogs

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, " Jillyz " <jillyz wrote:

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> RSPCA Speaks Out Over Death Row Dog, Bruce

> July 10, 2009 by K9 Magazine News Editor

>

> The RSPCA has added its voice to the growing outrage over the treatment of

death row dog, Bruce, in Northern Ireland. The UK's largest animal welfare

charity said:

>

> It is wrong that an entire breed of dog should be banned purely on the basis

of its genetic make-up, without any consideration of an individual dog's

characteristics and temperament. (cont…)

>

> The Dangerous Dogs (Amendment) Act 1997 was introduced in England and Wales so

that the automatic death sentence on all pit bull type dogs was lifted. If

Northern Ireland had adopted this amendment, many family pets identified as

being pit bull types would be allowed to live out their life with their owners

in accordance with the law. They would not be forced to spend their final days

in kennels before being inevitably destroyed.

>

> The RSPCA continues to campaign for the government to reassess its current dog

legislation and shift emphasis from the four legs at the end of a lead to the

two legs at the other. We want irresponsible owners to be held accountable for

their actions, not their dogs

>

>

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whenwill people remember that its not the dogits the owners wwho dont raise them

like normal animals instread they raise them as killers and thens=society

lables them as dangerous. a yorkie can be a viscous dog if it is raised that way