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September 26, 2008

Mayor calls for zero tolerance on pitbulls

Hastings Mayor Lawrence Yule believes three recent pitbull attacks in Hawke's Bay are further evidence the breed should be banned from New Zealand.
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Council staff are meeting with the boy's mother today.

Earlier this month Setu Peni, 59, was attacked by a pitbull-cross in Flaxmere and a Napier community worker was hospitalised for a week after a pitbull attacked her during a house call in Pakipaki late last month.

Mr Yule would like to see a ``zero tolerance' policy on pitbulls.

``We all know that a lot of other dogs are not nearly this aggressive ... I just don't think we can keep tolerating this type of thing ,' he said.

Well, oh well, another councillor telling us what we don't know... great! is there any reason why the dog was chained up in the first place? How many walks a day did it get? Did it get any mental stimulation?

Perhaps the mayor can call on an expert before espousing his mental faculties..

1 Comments:

  • At 12:01 p.m., Blogger Karen Batchelor said…

    Any hope of posting the Pit Rules on your blog, Natalie?
    Once read, there is no argument left for those claiming that Pit Bulls are mindless, vicious killers hard-wired to seek and kill humans.
    There is no room for a man-biter in the pit.
    The worst kind of owners have been attracted to the breed thanks to the political and media hype. Small wonder bad things are happening with dogs owned by such people.
    There's a copy of the rules on our website: http://www.purebrednz.com/pit%20rules.htm
    It's time the hype stopped, and the cruelty it creates with it. It's plain unacceptable to keep vilifying the dog least likely to bite you to buy votes or sell copy.

     

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