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This is article discusses the blacklist ban, "dangerous" dogs that Homeowner/ Renters insurance companies do not approve of. If the person has a dog that is on this list, they will not be covered and maybe dropped from their current insurance company.

Breed-specific legislation doesn't work. The laws are only adding to the expense of the community and punishing responsible owners while getting no effictive solution. The solution lies in laws that address the real problem of irresponsible owners.

In order for a scientist in genetic engineering to end sufferings from children and adults they would have to continuously breed out the non-desired trait. Meaning this would take many years of a long and tedious process. In other words if you wanted the odds at 0.01 you would need to breed the trait out through 90 generations. To have a one in one million chance it would take 900 generations. That is not the desired time the scientist were hoping for as well as the population. This book is 136 pages so i did only give an exert from a paragraph that really stuck out to me.

The issue of pit bull bans, breed specific legislation, animal abuse, and the over population problem in animal shelters.

This touches on the very beginning of eugenics back in the 1920. Eugenics is a very controversial and hot topic in todays world.

This short article is about the downfall of breed specific legislation (BSL), which targets Pit Bulls. BSL is being argued by many as violation of human rights.

Banning a specific breed of dog is like banning a particular car. Neither the dog or the car are responsible for how it behaves. Who is responsible and liable is the owner/driver,also the manufacterer/breeder.