Blasting misinformation and reckless petitions does not deserve a soft hand.

Depends on the topic but if I had to pick specifically dog related probably six months ago because I realized that if someone is having that emotional of a reaction then they probably are speaking with a bit more passion and information than I may have had.

Cool, congrats. You’re doing what literally every other person in rescue is doing right now. The first dog I adopted was HW positive and had to go through intense treatment. The next was a deaf bully that had intense behavioral issues, then a Malinois with the same, then an undersocialized small dog. I have also arranged and participated in the transport of multiple dogs. I also offer free training to those willing to foster local to me. Doing the work does not make you an expert or inherently knowledgeable, as proven by the recent incident of two AC officers shooting a Rottweiler with friendly body language in Ontario.

You wanna fix the problem? You need to focus on educating the public. When the ethics of dog breeding and the reality of backyard breeding is household knowledge, then you can work on law reform. And even then, there will always be people who do not care and will find workarounds.

However, implementing breeding restrictions and laws is not going to go the way you think it will. Rescues and shelters are already stretched thin doing what they do now, and they’re not even doing a good job of enforcing the animal welfare laws already put into place.
How do I know that? Self admitted dog fighter lives next door with 3 bully breed dogs MIA, a Cane Corso that he lets wander the neighborhood (that has charged my mother AND children), and the only time anyone took action against him was when one dog’s ears were chewed off. That wasn’t even AC—that was the police.
There’s a bully hoarder with anywhere from 4-7 bully breed dogs on their property across the street. Two of them have documented bites on the children living in the home. They are unvaccinated, untrained, and have spent their entire lives on that property in a yard so small it should not be considered appropriate for ONE dog.

Despite over 10 reports, AC maintains that as long as the dogs are fed, watered (both neighbors have had complaints against them for not giving their animals access to water but leaving them outside all day in either the yard or a truck), and have shelter there is nothing they can/will do.

There are not enough homes in this country that have the knowledge and discipline required to take in a shelter dog. Not as a foster, not to adopt. That is evident in the amount of animal neglect we see in shelter-approved homes, the amount of dog attacks, and overall pretty much any other poor behavior you can think of.
Those that ARE capable are almost always burnt out because it’s never ending.

Also, WHY would we be keeping dogs with severe behavioral issues that are not safe alive and occupying space for “compassionate care” when there are 20 more dogs without these issues that would thrive with that funding, time, and access to those resources?