Gladstone, Kansas, keeps bull terriers on list of dangerous animals

Bull terrier dogs will remain classified as dangerous animals in Gladstone.

For several months, a Gladstone couple — Kirk and Kim Forslund — have raised objections to the city’s inclusion of the breed in its legal definition of pit bulls.

That legal definition was established a year ago when the City Council approved a revised animal control ordinance that classified pit bull breeds as dangerous animals. It also established regulations for new owners of pit bull breeds.

Council members agreed to have city staff review the ordinance last month after Kirk Forslund presented letters from area veterinarians that stated bull terriers are not dangerous.

But on Monday, city staff maintained that bull terriers should not be removed from the dangerous animal classification.

“I’m sure there are some bull terriers that have been socialized and trained,” said City Attorney David Ramsay, “but our animal control officer did not feel there was enough evidence to exclude them from the city’s ordinance.”

Click here (edit 10/16/08, updated link for article: http://www.kccommunitynews.com/articles/2008/02/21/sun_tribune/news/doc47bc4c699d595102723422.txt) for the article that fully recounts the sad, idiotic tale of yet another decision to legislate against a breed, regardless of the obvious fact that animals are only consistently, repeatedly bad when they have been trained by PEOPLE to be so, not because of their breed.

Kitty Mowmow is disgusted by anti-breed legislation, in case you haven’t noticed. So disgusted, in fact, that she has been shocked into referring to herself in the 3rd person.

What do you think?

Tagged as: Bull Terriers, Dogs, Gladstone, Kansas, Legislation

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nibby 10/03/2008 11:48 PM 1 point
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the link to the article results in a 404. a search on "bull terrier" at the site of the link results in no search results corresponding to the italicized text. a search for the link at waybackmachine also results in no articles corresponding to the italicized text.

it would be nice to have a way of verifying that the italicized text is actually what was published.

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nibby 10/04/2008 12:01 AM 1 point
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"Hungarian researchers used a software system and neural network to map a variety of dog barks--initiating play, warning a stranger, threatening an opponent, and other signals. The system was able to correctly identify the situation in which each bark was uttered, with some variation in accuracy. Their findings suggest some interesting conclusions about individual dog personalities and a "universal language" understood across breeds and between packs, as well as interactions with humans." (http://news.cnet.com/8301-9373_3-9852834-55.html which links to http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13...)

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mjschindler 10/04/2008 04:01 AM 1 point
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Hi Nibby,

This is the original link for that article: http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/nor...

I suspect the article has been removed from this newspaper's website. I've noticed that some other newspapers will remove articles from their websites after a certain period of time has passed since they were published. I'm not sure why they do this.

I suppose one way I could verify the story would be by producing evidence that I exchanged emails with Kirk Forslund, who is mentioned in that article. I also interviewed him over the phone.

It would be nice if you could depend on web links always being active, but sometimes they change. I hope this information helps you though.

-MJ Schindler, aka Kitty Mowmow

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Kirk Forslund 10/11/2008 05:43 PM 1 point
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Here's a link to the original story that was in the Sun Tribune:
http://www.kccommunitynews.com/articles/2008/02...

I think the link for the story in the KC Star has been discontinued.
Kirk

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