Comments on: Elgin, Illinois to Consider “Pit Bull” Ban Yet Again

By: megan

megan — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:50:03 +0000

My mom was viciously by a lab that her uncle owned for 5 years she had to have several stitches in her face but no one even talked about punishing the dog instead they punished her for giving him a kiss. If it were a pit bull they would have put him to sleep.It makes me want to cry i have a 1 year old pit bull and i love him. People say that its not fair how we “blame” the victims but when we have to listen to the children screaming please dont kill my dog hes NEVER bitten anyone, Who are the victims know the poor children. My dear friend had a Pit bull that was a THEREPY DOG and a family member of 15 years but he had to be uthinized because she didnt move out of a “Banned Area” and her sibling SCREAMED when they killed there pet of 15 years HOW DO YOU THINK THIS IS WRIGHT! ARE YOU EVEN HUMAN?

By: Dayna

Dayna — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:20:09 +0000

That must have been councilman Prigge… I had an equally frustrating email conversation with him a number of months ago and was told he wouldn’t listen to anything I presented because it’s a matter of public safety and he was only going to listen to Elgin residents. Last I heard, this was in an effort to deal with Elgin’s “gang problem”- sorry guys, you’re dealing with the wrong end of the leash! I look forward to the day when people are well educated enough to not walk to the other side of the street when I’m walking my pit- who, much like Brad’s dog, is so mean that she’s scared of paper, plastic bags, and generally anything that makes noise.

By: Katy

Katy — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:04:19 +0000

I have had seriously frustrating dialogue with one particular councilman relating to this issue and I am hoping that level heads will prevail to over-ride his viewpoints. He comes across as an alarmist and refuses to educate himself on the true issues surrounding a breed ban. I just found this website – I’m happy it is here and hope that constructive information can be presented int his forum.

By: Brad Stewart

Brad Stewart — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:31:28 +0000

You make some excellant and educated points. Any dog can become aggressive, and contrary to popular belief, alot of what a dog knows and how it acts is from what it has been taught. Much like a child, you teach a (any) dog to be a certain way, and that is how that dog is going to behave. Lets premote responsible ownership instead, of any animal for that matter. How about safety awareness for the public, teach people how to be safe and fend off attacks from dogs. EDUCATE, NOT ELIMINATE! Has anyone formed an organization to speak out against this yet? Lets start one. I feel an obligation to defend my “pitbull” that I adopted from Chicagolan Dog Rescue in 2004, who has been nothing but a great dog since we have had her. She is also so incrediblly vicous that she runs from pillows, ballons, and my 2 1/2 year old daughter. Educate, not eliminate.

By: Kayla

Kayla — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:25:15 +0000

Exactly! That is exactly how I feel. I dont know if they think showing sympathy for the ones they are looking into passing the BSL for he first place is helping them get votes. But how many people are there are going to vote for it other than dog owners. I just dont get it.

Eventually the truth will get to everyone. How BSL doesnt work is being pushed around the internet or to cities everywhere and maybe not soon but one of these days this mess will be over. I think everyone is doing a good job in spreading the truths and/or statitics about BSL. Eventually you are just going to look dumb when you try and pass it!

By: NPBB

NPBB — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:02:05 +0000

Right. How many times must your citizens come out in droves to tell you that they don’t want BSL? And why is it seemingly the same councilmen proposing BSL over and over? They say they do it to make the community safer, but at this point how could you NOT know that BSL doesn’t work? Even a cursory Google search can tell you that. There are so many communities either repealing BSL or back pedaling after initially considering it (Highland Park being the most recent in the Chicago area) thanks to a barrage of people from all over the country sending information about how ineffective BSL is, that if you don’t know by now that BSL doesn’t work you really should.

One thing’s for sure. Because of all the adverse legislation animal owners have had to deal with in the past few years, we are becoming a formidable group of voters and our memory is long. So in a municipal election, can you really afford to lose the dog-owning vote? Because when you push BSL, that’s exactly what happens. Many people have lost elections by pushing bad animal legislation. (Yes, what’s Lloyd Levine of AB 1634 fame in California doing these days? My guess is not a whole lot.)

By: Kayla

Kayla — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:40:24 +0000

Yikes. Hopefully they wont get far with this again. Id have to wonder how many times do you try before you decide is it really worth trying anymore!