Posted AT 3:22 PM EDT on 24/01/05
Pit bull ban is 'canine genocide': animal activists
Ontario's proposed ban on pit bulls amounts to "canine genocide," according to one of many animal rights groups appearing at public hearings into proposed legislation to outlaw the dog on Monday.
There is no justification to ban just one breed of dog, when other breeds also have also been known to attack people, said Cathy Prothro, president of the American Staffordshire Terrier Club of Canada.
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