We need to educate pet owners, or just humans in all. Owners should be fined for not raising any K-9 properly. But banning a breed even when that specific dog has not been violent at all is disheartening. Oct 2013, 90% voted against the new imposed bylaw. But City council still went through with it. Why do we vote? Please support my petition to help happy bullies have play dates and not be stereotyped by improper judgement. Vote for a new councillor this coming civic election. Someone that listens, and not just pretend to care.

From newspaper;

Burnaby city council tightened its leash on so-called “vicious” dogs when it passed a stricter animal control bylaw Monday night, leaving pit bull owners dismayed that community feedback was ignored.

Of the more than 140 letters council received after delaying its vote to get feedback on the subject, 90 per cent were opposed to increased licensing and impound fees for owners of dogs that look like pit bulls.

“There was an overwhelming response from the community to say they did not want this,” said Kristen Neratini of pit bull advocacy group Hug A Bull, adding about 1,000 people signed a petition against the rules.

Yet councillors said the “silent majority” supported harsher rules against pit bulls, which were responsible for at least 12 per cent of the 477 reported biting incidents in Burnaby since 2007. Repeatedly stating they didn’t want to be responsible if someone was attacked, the councillors passed the tougher rules based on U.S. research.

Pit bulls must be muzzled off their owner’s property and, if their owners are away, kept in a locked enclosure. For vicious dogs, the city also boosted licensing fees to $100 from $26, off-leash fees to $200 from $100 and impound periods to 21 days from 10 days.

This goes against trends in local policy, which has seen a shift toward breed neutral legislation that has successfully reduced dog bites in cities such as Calgary, Neratini said.

“Regardless if you’re a dog owner not, a pit bull advocate or not, you can’t help but look at this and say this is wrong. They need to be held accountable,” she said.

In the Lower Mainland, only Burnaby, Richmond and West Vancouver single out pit bulls.

Burnaby’s changes stem from Neratini’s 2012 presentation asking council to adopt similar rules that focus on enforcing problem behaviour regardless of breed.

Pit bull advocates upset by the changes plan to stay involved in the community and work towards electing new councillors in the 2014 civic election, Neratini said.