Plan B

You mean the media lied and that there preface to the article is just more breed biased, sensationalised drivel?

In other news, cats chase birds.

It's an illness, I swear. Every time these pups come up I have the compulsion to show off DaVinci.

Ohhh, I wasn't going to hijack but I can't help it.

That's an understatement! As someone who had had extremely little experience with sighthounds, I'm a complete convert... although I recognise I'm likely not the right owner/environment for one full-time. But oh how I loved those pups and their weird, gangly limbs. Such a long time. Glad he's out now. Looking forward to seeing his life get better and better.

If everyone could email Don Page [[email protected]] with this proposal, that'd be a start. He said he wanted serious suggestions about how to keep a community safe and this is pretty serious.

Extremely well! :D

I cared for some of his siblings and only wish I had the space for him. I'll network and see if we can find anyone.

Sigh. Here's some evidence from a reputable source about it being a hoax: Where's your evidence to show it's happening in those areas?

Because God forbid more than one person talks sense about the issue. Your last thread on this was proved to be nothing but a hoax, according to police, and you still want to push it? It's just absolutely mind boggling that there are people aggressively pushing this idea, getting irrationally defensive of it when it's questioned, and all without any evidence whatsoever. Rilla-My-Rilla, my advice would be to first confirm whether any dogs have been stolen and haven't escaped or otherwise gone missing. Then look at all the possible reasons a dog might be stolen. There's no use wasting your time on something that is an extremely rare occurrence when there are other, more likely scenarios to consider. Just last night on a missing dog's poster the first comments were: What a comfort that is to the owner of the missing dog.

It's not the first time an owner has woken to find a piece of himself being chewed off. When people ask why I crate my dogs at night, I will just tell them these stories.

There was quite a bit of media reporting about there being a dog fighting ring in the Hawkesbury area too, with people (on here too) saying police knew it was going on. And now police are saying they believe it to be a hoax. That's the trouble with most of this hysteria - it's a lot of people saying something, so it sounds like it could be happening, but there's rarely ever any evidence. It also takes away from the instances where it could actually be a problem.

You clearly weren't responding to the article because nowhere in it did it say dog fighting was a hoax.

Have you read anything that anyone has written on here? Very odd responses.

Oh, is that confirmed he is part of an organised dog fighting ring or is he an animal abuser?

I think most rational people do have open minds. Saying that evidence is needed before jumping to conclusions isn't having a closed mind - it's accepting that until there's proof that a) dogs are stolen and b) what they're stolen for, it's ridiculous to say one way or the other what is happening.

Here's an article I wrote about the "bait dog" phenomenon last night. Maybe it might make a few stop and think.

Where's the evidence? If there's no or little evidence of dogs being stolen, as opposed to missing, and absolutely zero evidence that dogs are being stolen for "bait" or dog fighting, why is it so easy to jump to that conclusion?

Source.

That's not even a breed?

Just watch out for the EzyDog stuff on there. All descriptions, sizes, etc are mixed up with one another. The collar description and sizes are attributed to the Floatation Devices and vice versa.

There are many reasons a Council can euthanise a dog. They can euthanise a dog after its required seven/fourteen days of impoundment. When there are other avenues, like existing owners wanting to reclaim, a new home, or even rescue, is that okay to just kill them because they've met their minimum legal requirements? I know of many major Sydney pounds that do release dogs that would be suspected restricted breeds or crosses (according to whoever you may ask because it's completely subjective). They do this by exploring alternative avenues to euthanising dogs. It's not hard and it's not resource heavy. And if nobody 'jumped and down about it,' we'd have a much higher kill rate in all pounds in NSW than we already do. All pounds in NSW should be ensuring dogs are chipped before leaving their care. That's a legal requirement. Other pounds choose not to breed label dogs of which their genetic history is unknown (or, at least, give them a breed label that will automatically limit their options). Why anybody would voluntarily call a dog a "Pit Bull" is beyond me. Rangers and pound staff are no more knowledgable about the huge variety of dog breeds (and even bigger variety of mixed breed dogs) than anyone else. Council can have a breed assessment done, if they want to explore alternative avenues to killing. Not labelling a dog of unknown genetic history doesn't take up much resources and is probably the most honest thing a pound can do. Nor is arranging a breed assessor resource heavy for those dogs who have been unlucky enough to be impounded as a "Pit Bull" or a "Pit Bull Cross." Legal requirements are rarely up to scratch. We should be advising pounds about alternative methods and encouraging a progressive attitude. Shouldn't we?

It potentially limits dogs' rescue options - not sure that's minor. But agreed, very glad the ranger was there for her, and that she's now got rescue! Awesome work.