It came to my attention yesterday that there is a new bill going before the Ohio General Assembly to ban the owning of Pit Bulls in the state of Ohio. Not just the banning of future adoptions and breedings, but banning in the sense that anyone who currently owns a Pit Bull would have to relinquish the animal to the state for euthanasia. Now I don’t know about all of you, but if I owned a Pit Bull, I would sooner move out of the state of Ohio before I would allow them to take my pet, my family member, and kill him/her just for being born. This is a violation of freedom. Seriously…where do we draw the line?

It is unfortunate that ignorance has lead people to try to put a band-aid on a giant gaping wound instead of trying to deal with the root of the problem. Banning Pit Bulls is not going to solve anything. Pit Bulls are loving, loyal, and affectionate dogs. It is cruel owners who mistreat them that turn some into aggressive, fighting machines. It is not the nature of the breed to be mean.

For those of you that agree with me, please sign this petition to stop this bill. One of the biggest reasons for this law is that there are a great deal of people who are not educated about the breed and make sweeping assumptions. Here is some very unbiased information to help you better understand this breed - the United Kennel Club breed information on the American Pit Bull Terrier.