Dear Editor:
This evening after dark I was out for a walk in Queensbury.
As I walked along the sidewalk, I heard a jingling and then realized a dog was charging me from some distance away. I had a flashlight that I shone in its eyes and it backed off and starting circling me.
I called to the owner to control the dog and she replied that it was scared of men. It seemed to be a pit bull cross and eventually left me alone and returned to its owner.
This is further evidence to me of the need for breed specific bans. This dog’s reaction to fear was extremely aggressive. If one of my young daughters had encountered this dog on her own I fear what could have happened.
I expect this letter to result in the usual protests by pit bull fans who blame “bad owners” for such incidents but breed specific bans solve the bad owner problem.
David Jones
North Vancouver
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