Ville Marie calling dog owners to heel
Not all the details are contained in this article however this all stems from a homeless man who had 6 pitbulls. There have been a few incidents with his dogs, one where a police officer was bit in the face. Also, the pitbull seems to be the "dog of choice" amongst street kids which also contributed to this proposed ban.
Besides the ban, what scares me the most is that officers will be granted the authority to shoot dogs that are "very dangerous" per the article. For those have visited Montreal, you can surely attest that our police are a bunch of cowboys... a real farce. Giving them this power is very scary.
I am in the process of writting a letter to the borough of Ville Marie and I will be contacting the major newspapers here in Montreal. Since this will be going up for discussion early March, I am sure there will be tons of media coverage. Even though I am not a Pitbull owner, I feel I need to do everything I can... because we all know which breed will be next.
Any throughs/ideas for the letter are welcomed and greatly appreciated! I want to try and muster up as many people as I can to fight this. Every voice counts!
Vanessa & Marcino