AIBU to feel sorry for the 100 dogs a month destroyed since the XL Bully ban

Yes, that was awful. There is a Samaritans ad about it, and it is very sad.
I think there was an episode of Heartbeat about it too.

I am also reminded of the alpaca Geronimo, who was seized and destroyed because he supposedly had TB. He didn't!

no my sympathies are with the bereaved families from these dog attacks

I remember the foot and mouth cow cull. Grim as fuck. Had to be done though

So if someone likes to have a solid muscly dog that can be mistaken for a pit bull, they don't really have a right to complain when that dog is mistaken for a pit bull and confiscated.

Because dog owners have different tastes in dogs. Some people like the solid muscly types. A staffie used to live next door to me, and he was an absolute sweetheart.

There was a post on here saying that lurchers that have bull breed in them will come under the ban. My mum used to have such a lurcher, and there is no way they would be confused for a bully breed.

Perhaps they shouldn't have bought a staffie if the two breeds are easy to get mistaken?
I mean, why make things complicated?
I don't get it.

Do dog wardens even exist anymore?
My parent's old dog used to keep escaping and staying out all night. He was brought back by the dog warden so many times....
They also had another dog set upon by 2 others (it was done on purpose), and my mum got in touch with the local dog warden to report them. I think he had a word with the owner, but nothing was really done. Her dog was nearly killed.

This is what should be happening.

People have their staffies also seized and kept for months only to be returned in an awful state because it turned out they were not actually pitbulls.

I agree. It's sad in that these creatures didn't ask to be born; they were bred by greedy people looking to make money. I feel sorry for the victims who have suffered from being attacked but these animals. Ultimately humans are to blame for cross-cross-cross breeding to produce this animals.

They were bred to fight. They were bred to be aggressive. They are dangerous, unpredictable and have no other value. That is completely the fault of the breeders and the owners, but nevertheless the best thing for all of them is a quick injection.

They won't have a clue though, they have no concept of death.

Unlike this man:

https://news.sky.com/story/man-dies-after-dog-attack-in-east-london-13267722?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0I8p1cJ-wknBdhvvnkrAQlCOR_1J7Zv-UhZec1GehWyoyIP-fnrpVGx2g_aem_dosVQ4F0NfvjXssXZIkMBQ

If politicians made the decision to bring back dog licences at (say) £250/year then councils would then have the money available to employ a decent number of dog wardens for every neighbourhood.

And before anyone jumps down my throat, people pay at least £200 a year for Sky TV, mobile contracts and other concessionary spending, so most people could afford this. Keeping a dog should not be cheap.

Also, and to state the obvious, but we all know that it's a certain type of person, usually living in a certain type of area, who owns this kind of dog - and the dog's victims are usually their kids or neighbours.

I live in this kind of community BTW - and that's why local dog wardens are so important. They'd know their communities, they'd know the people involved, and they'd know who to sanction.

YANBU because none of it is the dogs' fault. They should never have been bred, and I agree that they need to be removed from the canine gene pool as soon as possible, so I am not against euthanising them, but I do feel sad for the individual dogs.

I think most people would agree with you?

Apparently not - according to the AIBU poll. Apparently it is beyond most people to realise it's possible to know the ban is necessary, to accept the breed needs to go and that this means individuals need to die and yet to also realise that humans have fucked these dogs over cruelly, creating them they way in a form that means they now have to die.

It's fucking awful what humans have done. (And what they will do agin to the next breed).

Yes, these dogs need to go and being PTS may be the least worst outcome for them. But it's evil that they were created like that to start with.

Not really. They don't have a concept of life and death and the process doesn't cause them any pain. As far as they are concerned, they are probably upset to have been separated from their owner and irritated by the injection and that's it.

It’s the least worst option for the dogs. A life in a kennel is no life.

But why choose that breed in the first place, when there are dozens of other breeds to choose from?
Why not just choose a breed that doesn't require paperwork or measuring?
There is no point in perpetuating a breed that comes with these requirements.

Humanely put to sleep

Nope, can't muster any sadness there

The owner of that Pitbull type dog clearly didn't care about it at all.
The refused to comply in the full knowledge that this would result in the dog being euthanized- presumably she wanted rid of it🤷🏻‍♀️

It eventually needs to be addressed at source. Expensive pet permits, limit on number of dogs owned per person, no breeding unless registered as one and well qualified. All dogs must be neutered, chipped and vaccinated before leaving the breeders unless kept by the breeder etc etc. doesn't solve the problem but in 10-15 years it would.

It's not necessary though. I have been vegan for 30+ years. My kids have never eaten meat or dairy.

It IS necessary, though, to protect ourselves from dogs strong enough to kill us and prone to aggression. It is necessary to cull dangerous dogs.

and entirely the owners fault for refusing to do the one thing that would save her.

No, you're not BU OP.
These animals were created by humanity, to appease humanity.
They are living sentient beings who are being killed, whether they have done anything to "deserve" their lives being eradicated or not, because of humanity.

We are the cunts of the universe.