{"id":175,"date":"2012-05-14T18:15:47","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T18:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/?p=175"},"modified":"2012-05-14T18:16:44","modified_gmt":"2012-05-14T18:16:44","slug":"a-bipartisan-fight-against-breedism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/animal-policy\/a-bipartisan-fight-against-breedism\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bipartisan Fight Against Breedism"},"content":{"rendered":"

The good news? Maryland’s atrocious court decision<\/a> declaring pit bull and pit mixes “inherently dangerous” is already being\u00a0challenged legislatively<\/a>, and by a very unexpected team:<\/p>\n

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A court\u2019s apparent sense of \u201cbreedism\u201d has led to an extraordinarily rare legislative pairing.<\/p>\n

As the fallout continues over a Maryland Court of Appeals ruling\u00a0that calls pit bulls inherently dangerous<\/a>, two state delegates on polar opposite sides of the political spectrum are co-sponsoring legislation that would overturn the court\u2019s ruling.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This quick turnaround is \u00a0incredibly important; since last month’s decision, landlords are already telling their pit bull-owning tenants they can’t keep their dogs. This means the loss of beloved family pets, shelters and rescues being overrun with dogs, as well as a financial hit for a state that is already facing economic struggles. When it comes to this legislation, time is of the essence.<\/p>\n

And this is where the bad news comes in:<\/p>\n

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It appears unlikely that the legislation will receive a serious look from the House of Delegates, however. House Speaker Michael E. Busch, D-Anne Arundel, is not expected to put on the agenda anything more than the state\u2019s fiscal 2013 budget.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t at least try.<\/em>\u00a0“Unlikely” and “unexpected” doesn’t mean “impossible,” and stranger things have happened. And if enough animal lovers speak up, legislators cannot help but hear.<\/p>\n

Our sister group, the NAIA Trust, has released an alert on this issue<\/a>. If you are a Maryland resident and a dog lover, here’s a chance to help make a difference. While the intent is simple and clear, the bill itself has not yet been officially released. However, a copy has been made available through scribd.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you are able to make it, there is also a peaceful rally scheduled for tomorrow outside the capital in Annapolis from 2:30 to 4:30pm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This quick turnaround is incredibly important; since last month\u2019s decision, landlords are already telling their pit bull-owning tenants they can\u2019t keep their dogs. This means the loss of beloved family pets, shelters and rescues being overrun with dogs, as well as a financial hit for a state that is already facing economic struggles. When it comes to this legislation, time is of the essence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions\/188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}