http://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Wicca/450404848326080
The dog supposedly got spooked by a passerby's "scared energy" and bit her. I don't like how the owner of the dog and everyone who jumped on the bandwagon are "blaming the victim" in this case. It reeks of dog whisperer jargon and low and behold, CM himself signed the petition apparently.
A member of a FB group that I'm in posted this and asked for opinions. A behaviorist who the owner of Wicca went to for help said that she DID jump up and bite the woman who was walking past, several feet away. On facebook, the owner describes it as "grazed", and implies that she simply scratched her when he knows she bit her! The owner said he DID NOT know if Wicca bit the civil servant, but when he came to help the woman, the owner let Wicca's leash go loose and she lunged at the man. Instead of getting a lawyer, the owner begged for help from this behaviorist admitting that Wicca is aggressive (who told him "UHH, I'm not a lawyer!") then went to Cesar Millan and a Pit Bull group he's associated with, who didn't do much more than e-mail the city reps.
There are thousands of people rallying around the owner of Wicca, calling this BSL, calling it insanity, horrible, comparing it to Lennox, etc. The difference is that Lennox didn't hurt anyone. He simply *looked* like a Pit Bull, was seized, tortured for 2 years and then euthanized without ever seeing his family. Wicca bit one or two people, was seized, was allowed to say goodbye to her owner & was PTS within a month. Isn't BSL killing a dog for their appearance solely? Isn't killing a dog who has proven that they are a danger to people normal in any breed? Opinions?
There is another case that just popped up and is getting thousands of supporters, for a Pit Bull named Piggy. http://www.facebook.com/helpsavepiggy She had escaped from her yard multiple times, and the most recent time, "scared" a jogger. They only say "scared" they don't go into any detail... and in all of the dog's pictures, ALL OF THEM, she's wearing a shock collar. Again they're jumping on the Lennox bandwagon. It makes me sad, personally. Lennox died for no reason. These dogs have owners who failed to contain, control, and train them. My APBT friends are very offended that these Pit Bulls who have shown aggression towards people are being made poster children for the breed... when they would PTS any APBT who displays HA, much less to a random person who isn't threatening them in any way.
The dog supposedly got spooked by a passerby's "scared energy" and bit her. I don't like how the owner of the dog and everyone who jumped on the bandwagon are "blaming the victim" in this case. It reeks of dog whisperer jargon and low and behold, CM himself signed the petition apparently.
A member of a FB group that I'm in posted this and asked for opinions. A behaviorist who the owner of Wicca went to for help said that she DID jump up and bite the woman who was walking past, several feet away. On facebook, the owner describes it as "grazed", and implies that she simply scratched her when he knows she bit her! The owner said he DID NOT know if Wicca bit the civil servant, but when he came to help the woman, the owner let Wicca's leash go loose and she lunged at the man. Instead of getting a lawyer, the owner begged for help from this behaviorist admitting that Wicca is aggressive (who told him "UHH, I'm not a lawyer!") then went to Cesar Millan and a Pit Bull group he's associated with, who didn't do much more than e-mail the city reps.
There are thousands of people rallying around the owner of Wicca, calling this BSL, calling it insanity, horrible, comparing it to Lennox, etc. The difference is that Lennox didn't hurt anyone. He simply *looked* like a Pit Bull, was seized, tortured for 2 years and then euthanized without ever seeing his family. Wicca bit one or two people, was seized, was allowed to say goodbye to her owner & was PTS within a month. Isn't BSL killing a dog for their appearance solely? Isn't killing a dog who has proven that they are a danger to people normal in any breed? Opinions?
There is another case that just popped up and is getting thousands of supporters, for a Pit Bull named Piggy. http://www.facebook.com/helpsavepiggy She had escaped from her yard multiple times, and the most recent time, "scared" a jogger. They only say "scared" they don't go into any detail... and in all of the dog's pictures, ALL OF THEM, she's wearing a shock collar. Again they're jumping on the Lennox bandwagon. It makes me sad, personally. Lennox died for no reason. These dogs have owners who failed to contain, control, and train them. My APBT friends are very offended that these Pit Bulls who have shown aggression towards people are being made poster children for the breed... when they would PTS any APBT who displays HA, much less to a random person who isn't threatening them in any way.