Sunday, August 3, 2008

Register Pitbulls

A sex offender is a threat but he isn't instantly life threatening to every other form of life. Pitbulls are. I think we all should be able to see instantly how many pitbulls live around us and be able to call a number and have them call us back with the locations of all dangerous dogs that live around us. It should be illegal to post details about the exact addresses on the internet - since that makes the owners unsafe from pitbull-haters.

Then, how about a mechanism that detects if a pit-bull is out of restraint? Leash breaks, is out of secure area and collar RFID tag detects that muzzle is not on, etc. These should be no-brainers to implement. When that happens, the entire vicinity should go on alert - car radios that are on (or make the cars smart enough to turn on the radios) will sound the alert and people can get into their cars or others' cars (if others are willing) to take shelter and call 911.

Also, I think there should be required regular testing and certification - both the owner and the dog must be given a basic test every so often that will decide if either is a menace to society. If either fails the test, the dog would need to be culled.

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