NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/rec/pets/dogs/15643

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From: [e-mail] (Desiree Bradley)
Subject: An Anti-Dog Trend Coming?
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 23:16:28 GMT
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Recently I've noticed that in every park and along every beach where I live
(Vancouver area) there is a sign saying "No Dogs."  I think the signs don't
mean unleashed dogs, but ANY dogs.  Then I think I read a while ago that dogs
are not going to be allowed in Pacific Rim park (on west coast of Vancouver
Island).  Maybe it's because I grew up in a small town and, besides that,
might be in my declining years (please don't comment that the "declining
years" part is obvious) --  but -- I do think that somehow there is a trend
to anti-dog restrictions.  This in a part of the world where people are so
keen about the environment and on animal life!

And then there is the the little matter of practically every apartment
building saying "no pets."  (By the way, those "no dogs" signs I mentioned in
the beginning of my posting are in areas where there are houses.)  My condo
apartment building had dogs when I moved in.  Now the rules are "no dogs,
cats, birds, or fish".  When I objected at the strata council meeting I had
only one supporter in the fight against the rule change.  Of course, a lot of
the people looked over 60.  So it could be a matter of the population
"greying."  I'm not looking for sympathy.  I'm just noting what is a trend
where I live, and I'm hoping it's not a trend where you live.

Desiree Bradley