To: The Tennessee State Senate
Stricter Laws Regarding Responsible Dog Ownership
Calling for:
1. Statewide higher fines for any owner who violates leash laws.
2. Iincreased awareness of dangers of dog bites and the potential for fatalities to the public at large.
3. Mandatory high and secure fencing for all pit bull owners.
4. Mandatory licensing/registration of all pit bulls (and for that documentation to be submitted from the owners to all neighbors living within a mile of pit bull's residence and beforehand for anyone who may ever visit/enter that residence.)
5. Statewide minimum charges for those who own a pit bull that undully attacks any person.
1. Statewide higher fines for any owner who violates leash laws.
2. Iincreased awareness of dangers of dog bites and the potential for fatalities to the public at large.
3. Mandatory high and secure fencing for all pit bull owners.
4. Mandatory licensing/registration of all pit bulls (and for that documentation to be submitted from the owners to all neighbors living within a mile of pit bull's residence and beforehand for anyone who may ever visit/enter that residence.)
5. Statewide minimum charges for those who own a pit bull that undully attacks any person.
Why is this important?
I personally survived a vicious pit bull attack recently. Many breeds can be deadly, not just pit bulls. Thousands of innocent children and adults have suffered brutal and sometimes even fatal attacks from cute, yet potentially deadly, animals. I am calling for our leaders to adopt legislation that will help prevent these attacks from occurring as often.
***The Clifton study of attacks from 1982 through 2006 said that: Pit Bulls, Rottweilers, Presa Canarios and their mixes were responsible for 65% of the canine homicides that occurred during a period of 24 years in the USA. (Clifton, Dog attack deaths and maimings, U.S. & Canada, September 1982 to November 13, 2006.)
***The Clifton study of attacks from 1982 through 2006 said that: Pit Bulls, Rottweilers, Presa Canarios and their mixes were responsible for 65% of the canine homicides that occurred during a period of 24 years in the USA. (Clifton, Dog attack deaths and maimings, U.S. & Canada, September 1982 to November 13, 2006.)