NCRC Interview with Bill Bruce on Ineffective Dog Laws
Bill Bruce, Calgary’s Director of Animal and By-Law Services discusses ineffective dog laws such as breed-specific legislation, pet limit laws, and mandatory spay-neuter, and why these broad-based forms of legislation are ineffective. NCRC Interview with Bill Bruce on Ineffective Dog Laws
Winnipeg, Manitoba far behind Calgary in community safety
A paper published last week in the Journal Injury Prevention attempted to make the case that “pit bull” bans in Manitoba may have been effective in reducing dog bite injury hospitalizations (DBIH, in the language of the paper). [1] In attempting to do so, however, the authors revealed that the bans, applicable to the overwhelming […]
Outstanding new resource for police officers who encounter dogs in the line of duty
The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) just published a new manual for police officers entitled “The Problem of Dog-Related Incidents and Encounters.”