SPRING
sobota, 28 marca 2015
wtorek, 3 lutego 2015
Petitioning Premier of Ontario Kathleen Wynne and 1 other
Time to lift the pit bull ban
We are blessed to live on a planet filled with diversity. There are countless varieties of plants and animals including many types of humans, white, black, short, tall, Buddhist, Jewish, etc. For millennia, we have all shared this planet--side by side.
Recently, Ontario passed a law that singles out a breed of animal for being different. Innocent dogs are now banned in our province because they had the misfortune of being born pit bulls. But what if we were to do to humans what we have done to pit bulls? Blame any problems on one particular type of human. What if we banned x religion or x culture, or people from x country? And what if the banned group wasn't allowed to visit or move to our province/state/country? All because of one individual who had committed a crime, or did something wrong? Wouldn’t we all be outraged by such acts of discrimination, hatred, and injustice?
Yet we have done just that by banning pit bulls in Ontario and by creating and enforcing BSL.
But we are blaming the wrong species. As responsible society members, parents are accountable for their children's behavior. It should be the same way for pet owners. Whether it is a dog or a child, we teach them how to behave and just as any child can be spoiled or indulged, any dog can be taught to be mean and aggressive. Statistics support that any breed can be dangerous if not properly trained or cared for. BSL can be compared to banning x nationality or y nationality because one member of that group committed a crime. BSL penalizes millions of dogs and their owners based on the poor actions of a few irresponsible people-not dangerous dogs
Not only do these innocent dogs suffer, but so do their families, caretakers, and companions. Sadly, in the end it doesn’t even end the problem. Careless community members will continue to own dogs that they cannot care for or train properly so bad behavior will happen. Banning or executing pit bulls is far from being the answer. These dogs are not dangerous--the only thing dangerous about them is the person behind them. The only reasonable solution is holding the owner responsible.
Recently, Ontario passed a law that singles out a breed of animal for being different. Innocent dogs are now banned in our province because they had the misfortune of being born pit bulls. But what if we were to do to humans what we have done to pit bulls? Blame any problems on one particular type of human. What if we banned x religion or x culture, or people from x country? And what if the banned group wasn't allowed to visit or move to our province/state/country? All because of one individual who had committed a crime, or did something wrong? Wouldn’t we all be outraged by such acts of discrimination, hatred, and injustice?
Yet we have done just that by banning pit bulls in Ontario and by creating and enforcing BSL.
But we are blaming the wrong species. As responsible society members, parents are accountable for their children's behavior. It should be the same way for pet owners. Whether it is a dog or a child, we teach them how to behave and just as any child can be spoiled or indulged, any dog can be taught to be mean and aggressive. Statistics support that any breed can be dangerous if not properly trained or cared for. BSL can be compared to banning x nationality or y nationality because one member of that group committed a crime. BSL penalizes millions of dogs and their owners based on the poor actions of a few irresponsible people-not dangerous dogs
Not only do these innocent dogs suffer, but so do their families, caretakers, and companions. Sadly, in the end it doesn’t even end the problem. Careless community members will continue to own dogs that they cannot care for or train properly so bad behavior will happen. Banning or executing pit bulls is far from being the answer. These dogs are not dangerous--the only thing dangerous about them is the person behind them. The only reasonable solution is holding the owner responsible.
Every day around the world through love, patience, and persistence many dogs owned by irresponsible owners are being rehabilitated, including pit bulls. Furthermore, it is well documented that pit bulls are very loving dogs with huge hearts and kind temperaments. In fact, they are often used as therapy dogs.
So as concerned members of the community, we respectfully ask you to please lift the unfair and unjustified ban on pit bulls and put in place solutions that actually work. We know that the real answer is educating and requiring owners to be responsible and treating their pets with care and love.
PLEASE LIFT THE ONTARIO PIT BULL BAN.
https://www.change.org/p/premier-of-ontario-kathleen-wynne-time-to-lift-the-pit-bull-ban
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The Pet Food Test Results
There is nothing much to say – the results speak for themselves. But – and this is significant – the test results are ONLY the first step. The next very significant step is to write your state and federal representatives and ask them to investigate the condition of pet food. No petitions (please) – representatives in government need to receive hundreds of thousands of personal messages directly from pet food consumers demanding change. Information is provided below the results on how to contact your Representatives in Washington, D.C. Your state government website will provide information on how to contact your particular State Representatives. After you read the results – please take the time to email all of your federal and state government representatives.
The Pet Food Test results are provided 3 ways…
- An infographic easy to share in social media overview of the results;
- A two page easy to print overview of the results;
- The full Pet Food Test Results.
Below is the imagine infographic overview of the results…
Wishing you and your pet(s) the best,
Susan Thixton
Pet Food Safety Advocate
Author Buyer Beware, Co-Author Dinner PAWsible
TruthaboutPetFood.com
Association for Truth in Pet Food
Pet Food Safety Advocate
Author Buyer Beware, Co-Author Dinner PAWsible
TruthaboutPetFood.com
Association for Truth in Pet Food
Association for Truth in Pet Food
Your Association for Pet Food Safety
The Association for Truth in Pet Food is the only organization that works to provide pet food consumers a voice within the pet food regulatory process and with pet food manufacturers themselves. We encourage all pet food consumers to become members to support our efforts.
Click on each image below or simply scroll down this page to learn more about the Association for Truth in Pet Food.
Voice for Consumers in the Regulatory Process
Our Association has established advisory positions on two AAFCO (Association of American Feed Control Officials) Committees; the Pet Food Committee and the Ingredient Definitions Committee. AAFCO develops model pet food regulations that become law in most states. Our positions within AAFCO provide consumers a voice as new regulations are being developed. Previous to these positions being established, only industry representatives (via their trade associations) held advisory positions at AAFCO. This effort took us several years, but we are now there – a voice for the pet food consumer.
As well, our Association has been recognized by FDA authorities as a industry stakeholder group (consumers). Previous to the organization of the Association for Truth in Pet Food, FDA ignored requests for meetings with consumer representatives. Since our development in early 2013, we have been provided several phone conferences with FDA administration.
Ongoing work towards pet food transparency
The Association’s most significant effort is The Pledge to Quality and Origin. This ongoing effort is providing pet food consumers with transparency unlike anything that has ever been achieved in pet food. Click Here to learn more about the Pledge and view the Pledges we have received.
Giving consumers a voice with pet food
We represent our members when they are left without answers from their pet food company. Two recent examples are…
- A pet food retailer member recently reported to us a few of their clients dogs had gotten sick from a particular pet food. Nothing serious (loose stool) but still concerning. This store owner had no success in getting the pet food company to respond to questions. The next day we received notice from another member retailer reporting several sick dogs (same symptoms) with the very same pet food. They as well were not successful with getting a response from the pet food company.Contact was made by the Association on their behalf in which both store owners were provided with a complete explanation to the lack of contact and the issue with the pet food. Both store owners felt confident this company took the proper action in protecting their clients.
- A pet food consumer member contacted us with a concern of a pet food’s shipping problem. This consumer purchased the pet food directly from the manufacturer, the product is a soft food shipped in plastic containers. During shipping, some of the pet food packages had become slightly damaged causing the seal on the containers to be broken. Damaged seals on the moist pet food allowed bacteria to grow – swelling the containers. Had this consumer not noticed the slightly swelled containers, her pet could have gotten very ill. She addressed her concerns with this manufacturer and received little more than a form letter response.Contact was made by the Association on this consumers behalf. The company agreed to including a warning on the label of each product to ‘Not Feed if container appears swollen’, however the company did not address the need for improved packaging and shipping containers.
We won the first battle, and a partial win with the second.
http://associationfortruthinpetfood.com/contact-us/
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