I got this in my email from a website I like to order bracelets from, that supports Hello Bully. I'm seriously sad and scared. What if our municipality decided that all labs and lab mixes were dangerous, I would never give Teddi up. I also don't want to see any owners lose any of their dogs. Around here all the pitbulls that I've come in contact with have all been so sweet and loving...when will it stop?!
"Dear Customers, Bully Lovers &
Friends,
Bracelets for Bullies is very sad to
announce that a bill to enable BSL in Pennsylvania has been introduced this past
week. PA currently has laws at a state level that prohibit municipalities from
enacting Breed Specific Legislation. Pennsylvania HB 2553 seeks to amend the
"Dog Law" act of 1982, and remove the following language. "Those provisions
of local ordinances relating to dangerous dogs are hereby abrogated. A local
ordinance otherwise dealing with dogs may not prohibit or otherwise limit a
specific breed of dog." .
What this
does is enables municipalities to make their own dangerous dog
laws, including Breed Specific Legislation. Specific breeds can then
be targeted and outlawed, which in turn takes away your rights to the breed of
your choice.
The man that introduced the bill, John Galloway, is holding a press conference tomorrow (05/29)to
publicly unveil legislation that would allow municipalities to pass their
own BSL. This is an obvious attempt to gain public support for HB
2553.
Media advisory website here: http://www.pahouse.com/PR/140052108.asp
If you are in the Philadelphia area,
please attend this press conference. Let Galloway know that responsible dog
owners in Pennsylvania are against allowing legislation that judges dogs
on looks alone. Remember that you are speaking for those who have no
voice. Please be kind and courteous. This press conference is to be
held at: Bristol Borough Hall 50 Pond St
Bristol, PA 19007 on May 29,2008, at 11:00am.
As a
resident of Pennsylvania I have always felt safe in knowing that my dogs and I
are protected at state level, but now even that is in jeopardy as HB 2553
stands to be decided on in July. The dogs that I love, that my children love,
that we all love stand to gain nothing but their demise if this bill is passed.
I am devastated at the thought of losing my family to this but I'm not too
devastated to put up a fight.
I ask all PA residents to help take a stand against
breedist laws, so that we can continue to focus on helping these dogs and
keeping them out of the hands of criminals. Please respond to this
email if you would like to help fight BSL in Pennsylvania.
Thank you. "