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Originally Posted by westopher
A spokesperson for Vancouver animal control said Vancouver is absolutely not considering BSL.
Also, at a surrey council meeting tonight the mayor said they are looking at updating their dangerous animal bylaws, with no consideration of it being breed specific.
After that was determined, CBC posted a story saying "surrey considering a breed ban."
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When garbage like that happens, the only things I can think of doing are:
1) public shaming
2) angry letters to lambaste their a$$
In the last few years, I find that I have been doing more of both #1 and #2 compared to my pre-30 years. Maybe it is my menopause, or maybe it is my thinning and receding hairline, but whatever... Most of the time, neither method is all that effective. Sometimes you get a standard PR blurb back from the communications office / officer, and a lot of times, you just get nothing. But every now and then, I do see a bit of a change, or a touch of concession. I would certainly not attribute this to my one-off angry writing, but at least I'd like to believe that I am not the only one getting upset over this, and a mass of similar public input has at least caused the other end to realize their incorrect ways.
The system sucks when you have to make noise to get the changes happening. But if that's what it takes, then that's what we'll have to do. I have very little patience for politicians and large organizations.