Dog Hater Ellen Taft launches another effort to ban pit bulls from Seattle

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JULY 31, 2012 | BY ROBERT PREGULMAN

Just as the groundhog comes out of its hole every February 2 to predict how long winter will last,Seattle's resident Dog Hater Ellen Taft pops up whenever a pit bull is accused of attacking someone and calls for legislation to ban them from Seattle.

Most recently, Ms. Taft is using the story that 2 pit bulls attacked a 74-year-old woman and knocked down a 3-year-old girl last week in South Seattle to call on city officials to ban pit bulls from Seattle.

The dogs haven't been caught, so no one actually knows if they were pit bulls, but Ms. Taft never lets facts get in the way of her efforts to rid Seattle of them.

If you don't know Ms. Taft, here is a quick summary of some of her antics:

• She heads a group called Families and Dogs Against Fighting Breeds which has a goal of "eliminating all fighting breeds" of dogs
• She led an unsuccessful initiative to ban "fighting breed dogs" from Seattle in 2008. The list of breeds she wanted to ban were: Akita, American Pit bull Terrier, Pit-bull, American Staffordshire Terrier, Bull Terrier, Cane Corso, Dogo Argentino, Drogue de Bordeaux, Kuvasz, Presa Canario, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Tose Unu or any mix of dog with ancestors of the above mentioned breeds.
• She tried to get "fighting breeds" banned from Seattle Parks in 2011
• Earlier this year she tried to get dogs banned from the dog friendly Barking Dog Alehouse
• Last year she said greyhounds were "stupid" and couldn't be used as service dogs (definitely a case of the pot calling the kettle black)

Ms. Taft has problem with dogs, especially pit bulls, don't you think?

Fortunately, her attempts to exterminate "fighting breeds" have always failed.

Her latest effort is to use the publicity of the dog attack in South Seattle to get 100,000 signatures on a petition to Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, and Seattle Animal Shelter Director Don Jordan asking them to pass legislation with the same language as her failed 2008 initiative which would have banned "fighting breed dogs" from Seattle.

We need to show city officials that the majority of Seattleites are opposed to ANY Breed Specific Legislation that bans particular breeds of dogs from the city. We also need to ensure that they get more signatures opposing Ms. Taft's proposal than support it.

I'll post a petition to city officials you can sign either later today or first thing in the morning.

Meanwhile, The Stranger posted a poll asking people if they support a ban on pit bulls and other "fighting breeds" from Seattle. Right now about 60% of the respondents oppose it, which is great, but we can do better than that.

Please go to The Stranger's website and vote against Ms. Taft's proposal.

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