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JUSTICE
FOR BULLIES
Justice for Bullies was founded December
26, 2014 with hopes of creating a community that would unite over the desire to
end breed specific legislation (BSL).
BSL is a law that is passed by
legislative members that pertains to a certain breed, or appearance. It can be
the form of an all-out ban, or it can take the forms of rules, regulations,
requirements and restrictions. The idea behind BSL is that it will reduce dog
bites, unwanted behavior from humans, such as dog fighting, using the dogs as
status symbols and essentially slowing down criminal activity.
BSL presumes that a breed, or breeds
and or mixed breeds dogs are inherently dangerous and or vicious. BSL punishes
dogs based off of their appearance and presumed breeds and not based off the
individual behavior and actions of each dog. BSL is expensive, ineffective,
provides a false sense of public safety and punishes dogs that are not
dangerous.
Justice for Bullies started off with
the goal of obtaining the name of one person in every CITY/Hamlet/Town/Village
of
Once support is obtained from an area
in which BSL is enacted, we are then able to start the process of encouraging
the municipality to repeal the current bylaw.
On March 16th, 2015 the
founder of Justice for Bullies, Chantelle Mackney, was granted the opportunity to speak before the
Mayor and the Council members and provide each with an information package. The
speech was received very well, and may have helped in the process of having the
old bylaw repealed and or answering any questions that the council may have had
about moving in the direction of breed neutral bylaws.
On June 1, 2015, Justice for Bullies
and its 4,500 Facebook members and 9,000 Instagram members watched as
Chestermere, was one of many
municipalities that have BSL in place in
In reaching this goal we will need to
challenge each municipality that has BSL in place and encourage the council to
repeal the current bylaw and replace it with one that encourages and enforces
responsible ownership, with breed neutral bylaws.
Currently we have reached out to the
Mayor and Council members of Bassano, and have a live petition in Redcliff to
present to Council.
As Justice for Bullies continues to
grow; the needs, wants, desires and requirements of the group do as well. Since
starting the group we have become a source for members to educate themselves on
the topics of BSL and responsible ownership.
Justice for Bullies has incredible
resources on the Facebook page to encourage members
to become as educated as possible on the topics of BSL and responsible
ownership.
BSL can happen anywhere, at any time,
to any breed and it is our job as dog owners to ensure that this does not
happen to anyone else.
TOGETHER WE
STAND TO WATCH BSL FALL!