Breed Discrimination Polarizes the Community

Bill Bruce, Former Director of Animal and By-Law Services, Calgary, Alberta

Bill Bruce, Former Director of Animal and By-Law Services, Calgary: "BSL is intended to be the silver bullet that will end animal aggression, and it never has.  When we see it applied, it typically tends to see an escalation in animal aggression because it's attempting to deal with the dog, not the problem.  The problem is the owner.  The other problem with it is that when it's that broad-brushed, you catch the wrong fish in the net.  So when you propose BSL, what you do is you polarize the entire community.  Instead of drawing a community of responsible pet owners together, you polarize them by attacking people who are not part of your problem..." 

Read more here: http://animalfarmfoundation.org/files/Community-Model-for-RPO_Calgary_2013.pdf