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		<title>Dog nearly killed for having too large of a head!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a perfect example of the absolute bull**** going on here in Ontario! In Kitchener, Ontario this week, Shon Carroll, a humane society officer was &#8220;told&#8221; to investigate the background (lineage?) of a dog that was brought in stray. ** Kitchener has had a breed specific ban in place since Febuary 1997, put in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is a perfect example of the absolute bull**** going on here in Ontario!</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In Kitchener, Ontario this week, Shon Carroll, a humane society officer was &#8220;told&#8221; to investigate the background (lineage?) of a dog that was brought in stray.</span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Kitchener has had a breed specific ban in place since Febuary 1997, put in place prior to the province enacting a province wide ban in 2005.</span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jack Simpson as he put it, inherited a mutt 18 months ago from a neighbor. Simpson&#8217;s dog got loose and went to explore the neighborhood, but was picked up by the humane society in Kitchener. When Simpson called looking for his dog he described him as a &#8220;lab/pit cross&#8221;. The word &#8220;pit&#8221; activated the antennae of the HS to &#8220;investigate&#8221; the lineage of the dog.</span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This proves my point that most people who work with dogs in shelters, pounds and the like have no clue about dog genetics or breeds. They clearly have bought into the BS that &#8220;pitbulls&#8221; actually do exist and they must be identified and killed. Some shelters and pounds do not identify cross bred dogs and declare short haired mutts as breeds people &#8220;view&#8221; as &#8220;friendly&#8221; and find them homes but others such as Kitchener choose to kill dogs based on LOOKS NOT BEHAVIOR!</span></span></div>
<p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With each passing day this mass dog murder in Ontario gets more and more insane! Thanks Dalton McGuinty you useless piece of dog ****.</p>
<p>Mr. Simpson took the matter of what is now saving his dog&#8217;s life to a humane society committee hearing where they would decide if the dog fit their criteria to be able to live or be designated as having some weird characteristics in how he looked that would declare a date with Dr. Death!</p>
<p>I have to include a lengthy excerpt because it is just too bizarre not to share.<br />
<a href="http://news.therecord.com/News/Local/article/613149">Here is a link</a> to the rest of the story where you may also see a picture of Jack Simpson and his dog Charlie.</p>
<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder_article_NavWebPart_Article_ctl00___BodyLineup__" class="articlebody">Carroll met with Simpson and his dog on Sept. 2 to take pictures and measurements.</span></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Someone please direct me to the information that leads these wanks to believe they can justifiably kill dogs because:</span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Their head is too big</span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Their forehead is too wide</span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div>
<p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></p>
<div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Their hindquarters are lower and smaller than their front end</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: x-small;">-Their chest is too big</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: x-small;">-And for God&#8217;s Sake DO NOT HAVE A BOX SHAPED MUZZLE!</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: x-small;">It appears that a flippant decision was made that Charlie seemed to also have a friendly demeanor, seeing as though he visits the OLD AGE HOME AND DAYCARE TO VISIT on a regular basis!</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: x-small;">The moral of this story is; if you live in this Dogforsaken province of Ontariostan, erase the word &#8220;pit&#8221; from your vocabulary. Don&#8217;t even use it to describe what exists in the center of most fruit for fear of having your dog killed because his head it too big!</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Where do some shelter workers and animal control officers come up with this BS? </span></div>
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<p>“My biggest thing is the width of the head, the wideness of the forehead,” Carroll said at the committee hearing.</p>
<p>The<br />
hind quarters were visibly lower and smaller than the front shoulders.<br />
The dog also had a big chest. But Charlie’s head was most concerning<br />
for humane society officer tasked with enforcing the Pit Bull ban.</p>
<p>Charlie’s muzzle has a box shape too, Carroll said.</p>
<p>Carroll<br />
told the committee the lab traits in Charlie are stronger than the Pit<br />
Bull traits. Carroll also said Charlie appeared to be friendly.</p>
<p>But<br />
mainly because of the size of the dog’s head Carroll designated Charlie<br />
a Pit Bull-like animal that was banned and would have to be destroyed.</p>
<p>“Because<br />
I left a message with the humane society that he is a lab-pit cross,<br />
the fact that I said ‘pit’ was enough to raise red flags,” Simpson said<br />
to the committee.</p>
<p>“Had I known then what I know now, I would<br />
never have mentioned the word ‘pit,’ I would have said a ‘lab cross’<br />
and that would have been the end of it,” Simpson said.</p>
<p>He told<br />
the committee the dog never bothered anybody. Simpson said he brings<br />
the dog to the old age home where his mother lives and his sister’s<br />
daycare. He submitted letters from both women as evidence.</p>
<p>“My mother’s in an old age home. I take Charlie there, everybody loves Charlie,” Simpson said.</p>
<p>“I<br />
take him to my sister’s, she has a daycare centre, all the kids play<br />
with Charlie, and they all love him. There isn’t a soul in the city who<br />
doesn’t like Charlie and yet they were willing to put him to sleep<br />
because of the size of his head, which doesn’t seem fair,” Simpson said.</p>
<p>The<br />
committee members — Coun. Geoff Lorentz, Coun. John Smola and Anne<br />
Lawrence of the K-W Kennel Club — listened to the evidence.</p>
<p>Simpson said a lot of people are not aware dogs that are half Pit Bull can be designated and destroyed.</p>
<p>“It’s not an exact science I can tell you that,” Lorentz said.</p>
<p>Lawrence, the committee chair, wanted to know why Simpson described Charlie as a “lab-pit.”</p>
<p>“It’s<br />
just an easy way to explain what kind of dog he is rather than rattling<br />
off a whole bunch of different breeds I see in him,” Simpson said.</p>
<p>“OK so this wasn’t because you were told this by a vet?” Lawrence said.</p>
<p>“No, this is something I came up with as a short way of telling people what I think he is,” Lawrence said.</p>
<p>The committee members deliberated behind closed doors for a few minutes.</p>
<p>“Based<br />
on the evidence the committee is rescinding the designation which means<br />
you are free to license your dog, no restrictions. Thanks you every<br />
one,” Lawrence said.</p>
<p>No further explanations were given.</p>
<p>Simpson was visibly relieved as he walked out of the council chambers where the hearing was held.</p>
<p>“I am pleased, very pleased,” Simpson said.</p>
<p>The whole process has left Simpson shaking his head.</p>
<p>“Because they didn’t like the size of his head they wanted to kill him,” Simpson said.</p>
<p>“They gave me two options. Go get a DNA test done on him and find out<br />
what his lineage is, which is several thousand dollars, or leave the<br />
province,” Simpson.</p>
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