Dear Editor,
I am writing in response to the article by Grace Virtue in the Observer titled "Ronica's Law: Ban the pit bull". I am one of those persons who have been bitten by one of those dogs, though it was due to my own ignorance. My main concern about this matter is a little different from that of most persons.
I am not of the view that there should be an outright ban of these animals. If the owner possesses enough resources to secure the animal within the confines of his or her premises and wishes to do sothen clearly it is neither my concern nor my business. It becomes my business when my health or my life is put at risk.
Far too often I see owners of these animals walking with them at the end of a chain or rope through the town of Christiana. This activity, very often, takes place during the peak hours when the town is most saturated with people. It is also of great concern to me that every so often these animals are being walked by very young persons who are seemingly weaker than the animals they are walking.
I do not believe these animals should be walked in areas of high population and activity such as in a town at peak hour. This is an action that should, in my opinion, be prohibitted or outrightly banned. Let us be proactive and not reactive by not waiting for someone to be killed or seriously injured by an animal being walked before we take the necessary action.
Gary Rowe
Manchester
magnett0072004@yahoo.com
Ban the walking of dogs in towns
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I am writing in response to the article by Grace Virtue in the Observer titled "Ronica's Law: Ban the pit bull". I am one of those persons who have been bitten by one of those dogs, though it was due to my own ignorance. My main concern about this matter is a little different from that of most persons.
I am not of the view that there should be an outright ban of these animals. If the owner possesses enough resources to secure the animal within the confines of his or her premises and wishes to do sothen clearly it is neither my concern nor my business. It becomes my business when my health or my life is put at risk.
Far too often I see owners of these animals walking with them at the end of a chain or rope through the town of Christiana. This activity, very often, takes place during the peak hours when the town is most saturated with people. It is also of great concern to me that every so often these animals are being walked by very young persons who are seemingly weaker than the animals they are walking.
I do not believe these animals should be walked in areas of high population and activity such as in a town at peak hour. This is an action that should, in my opinion, be prohibitted or outrightly banned. Let us be proactive and not reactive by not waiting for someone to be killed or seriously injured by an animal being walked before we take the necessary action.
Gary Rowe
Manchester
magnett0072004@yahoo.com
Ban the walking of dogs in towns
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