03/12/07 Need for Pit Bull Legislation

If a cougar is cited near town where I live all pandemonium breaks loose. Kids and pets are kept inside, guns are hired and the cat is killed, even if it hasn't hurt anyone. Meanwhile another dangerous animal, one that kills or maims far more people and animals every year then cougars roams at will in our society. The pit bull. A savage attack in the Spokane Valley should have us all petitioning for legislation that at the very least would require an owner's permit for pitbulls. Drink the Wind a retired 33 year old race horse, whose lifetime winnings helped finance his owners ranch, had his wind viscously ripped from him in February when two pitbulls pulled the old horse down and chewed his face and neck. Both horse and the dogs were euthanized. One family traumatically lost their prized horse, while another received a minor citation for letting dogs run at large. The owner of the Pit bulls commented that he was sorry, but that " dogs will be dogs". My comment, the time has come to make owners poignantly accountable, contact me at aginfo.net if you want to help me work to ban pit bulls.