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This blog posting has probably been a long time in coming, but several news items and other blogs from this weekend have now pushed it to the top.

The idea started this past weekend as I was reading KCDogBlog's posting on a proposed ordinance in Worchester, MA to place restrictions on pit bull ownership. In his comments afterward, Brent said something very telling and it bears repeating here:

What I never quite get is, if there was a bridge collapse, they would listen to highway

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The continuing economic troubles across many countries generate a slew of sad stories every day. People are just trying to keep their heads above water and it sure seems that when it rains it really pours for some unlucky souls.

One such story come out of Calgary this morning. A sixty five year old gentleman was been fined $1000 and banned from owning pets for 5 years after leaving his 10 year old cocker spaniel at the local humane organization. The dog had significant ear infections, ...

Sometimes the sheer folly of people overwhelms me! I have spent more than 20 years working with pets and animals in various different capacities and I have seen A LOT of crazy stuff...but the musings of this disgruntled cat owner from Edmonton really made me laugh (amidst my exasperation of her wacky ideas)!

Her letter to the editor of the Edmonton Journal was titled "Cat Free Backyard Unrealistic". Ok...I can believe that. And, I was interested enough to continue reading. ...

One headline that caught my eye this morning was out of Miami and read "Legal Loophole Allows Resident to Keep Pit Bulls". In case you are unaware, Miami and Dade County banned pit bulls in the county in 1989 after an attack and mauling of an 8 year old girl.

But, it seems that residents in the area are wise to a loophole that allows pit bulls to be registered as "service animals". The article quotes a resident who has a 5 year old pit bull that serves to keep ...

I don't know where this idea started, but it is one that is gaining in popularity across the US and it is one that worries me to death!

The San Francisco Commision of Animal Control and Welfare is considering an ordinance to make it illegal to sell any pets (other than fish) in the city. Other cities, like West Hollywood, CA, have already banned the sale of dogs and cats.

I know that the "reason" for this is to save "millions of pets relinquished to ...