HB 543 ALERT! FIGHT Breed-Specific Legislation (BSL)!

This is an excerpt from The Petition Site regarding Breed-Specific Legislation.

It gives a short explanation regarding BSL & the letter written to be submitted to the house.
Help fight BSL in Florida!


Target: HB 543 ALERT! Help fight BSL in Florida!
Sponsored by: MCABSL & Bully Nation Brotherhood against BSL

Florida state law prohibits municipalities from passing breed-specific legislation. HB 543 would remove that prohibition and make it possible for any municipality in Florida to pass BSL.

HB 543 has moved to the Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Committee.

Currently, Florida state law 767.14 prohibits municipalities from passing BSL. On December 28, Florida Representative Perry Thurston filed a bill which would remove this statewide protection. If HB 543 passes, any municipality in Florida could pass BSL or breed-specific bans.

The bill has not been placed in a committee yet. The bill status and text may be viewed here: The Bill Status

As many of you may know by now the State of Florida has a statue in place since 1990 protecting cities and counties all across the State of Florida from passing BSL (767.14). For the past 2 years Representative Perry Thurston of Broward County, Plantation has made it his personal mission to overturn the very law that protects all breeds of dogs from all forms of discrimination in Florida. With that being said, this is not a Pit Bull issue anymore ladies and gentlemen; this could very well be the start of the largest scale BSL in history. Meaning, any city or county within the State of Florida has the right to discriminate against any breed of dog they want. Therefore, Rottweiler, Dobermans, American Bulldogs, Husky, Boxer, Chow Chow, German Shepherds, Mastiffs, Akita or any other breed they wish to ban, can be and will be done.

PLEASE HELP US IN THIS FIGHT AGAINST BSL BY SIGNING THIS PETITION. THIS WILL LIKELY AFFECT US ALL, NOT JUST FLORIDA RESIDENTS BUT THE ENTIRE NATION AS A WHOLE. PLEASE HELP!!!

This Affects ALL Pet Owners!

Click the folowing link  & click "letter" in the left hand corner under the black & white photo to view the letter being sent to The Committee Members of the House of Reps.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/hb-543-alert-help-fight-bsl-in-florida