Dog-Breath

After four years of pounding Denver with every logical argument and reliable statistic explaining why breed bans are bad public policy and purely discriminatory, the ground is starting to shake. The biggest shock wave has emanated from the civil lawsuit brought against the city three years ago — a growing financial burden to the city [...]

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Jamie Downey, publisher of The American Dog Magazine, is committed to stopping the rise of breed discrimination and abolishing breed bans. In the Winter 2009 issue (President Obama on the cover) she published an article I wrote: Vet Warns Dog Owners to Stay Out of Denver, CO.

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Another Great Turnout This Year!

Lisa Scarsi

The 4th Annual Luv-a-Bully March gets underway in Brea, CA.

On October 25th we celebrated our 4th Annual Luv-a-Bully March, protesting breed discrimination as part of the Second Annual Pit Bull Awareness Day. On this day, 39 states participated in cities from Alabama to Wisconsin.
In our Southern California city of Brea, [...]

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I have asked the publisher of the American Dog Magazine, Jamie Downey, to send a copy of the Jan 2009 issue to city officials in Denver, CO. The upcoming winter issue will be on newsstands nationwide Jan 1st thru Apr 1st, 2009.
The winter issue will include an article [...]

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Eric Christensen

Dr. Paula Terifaj gets a loving kiss from one of her bully patients.

Dear City Officials,
Please rid our city of pit bulls so I can feel safe again.  And oh, by the way…
Could you also keep drunk drivers off the streets, stop people from running red lights, and ticket all drivers [...]

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Eric Christensen

Tanner
2003 — 2007

Breed discriminatory laws are sweeping our country and Denver, CO is only one hot spot. Other cities in the states of Ohio, Missouri, Kansas, and Texas (to name a few) have adopted similar legislation. Insurance companies have jumped on this breed bandwagon — placing restrictions on homeowners [...]

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Forrest behind bars in Denver, CO.

Writers need time to write. Sometimes we steal time—paying bills late, not returning phone calls, and turning down dinner invites — because an inner voice is louder. At times, the voice is so loud nothing else seems as important as it once was. Again, I have to [...]

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No, I have not stopped my cancer research … it is still moving along nicely. Sorry, but part 4 won’t be out this week as promised — look for it next week. Last week I was called back for some urgent dog duty by several frantic emails. Duty calls. I had to put the [...]

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It is 1985 and I am in my third year of veterinary school at UC Davis. I find my values and ethics being challenged to the limit. I want to be a good vet. I want to heal animals. And damn it, I want to save their precious lives! We are being taught how to [...]

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Breed Specific Legislation (BSL) has infected the minds of legislators and insurance companies all across our country.  This deadly dog virus targets lazy lawmakers and greedy insurance companies. Protect your dog against policy makers showing these fatal symptoms:

Copycat behavior following cities already infected with BSL
Irrational fear of dogs who look like other dogs
Frightening ignorance in the area of dog [...]

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