Most importantly, we need for you to be an ongoing advocate.
Speak with local kennel clubs, obedience clubs and other dog clubs in your area. Speak with your veterinarian and other canine health professionals. Speak with your local animal control officers, SPCA and Humane Society.

Make contact with other dog owners in your area.

This law will affect all dog owners. If you have a dog that even looks like a "pit bull" according to the definition in the law you will be affected. If your dog is a cross, you will not be able to prove your dog is not a "pit bull" and you will be guilty until you prove yourself innocent. It is up to you to prove your dog is not a "pit bull".

If you have a dog of any breed and your dog exhibits "menacing" behaviour (this is not defined in the bill) police will have the power to enter your home without a warrant and take your dog. Your dog will then be destroyed or sold to a research facility. You need to build up networks among dog owners and those interested in dogs and responsible ownership.

Other important actions we would ask you to take ...

Donate. We need to raise $250,000 for our legal challenge, an aggressive target to say the least. Please support us by making a donation to our Legal Defense Fund. (click here to donate)

Write letters. Writing a letter to the editor may seem like a daunting task. We had freelance journalist Eric Sparling put together an article on how you can write an effective letter to the editor.

Stay active. We need everyone to stay on top of the news and help us keep this issue alive over the coming year. Every time there is something that makes this bill look ridiculous call your MPP, write your local paper and ask everyone you know to do the same.

Vote in 2007. One of the most important ways you can express yourself in 2007 is to make sure you vote. Before being elected McGuinty promised to allow MPPs free votes on government bills like the proposed ban. This is another lie, as every vote on a government bill has been whipped, leaving MPPs no choice about how they can vote. McGuinty and Bryant quashed concerns of their own MPPs and forced this ban to pass.

Both the Progressive Conservatives and the New Democratic Party listened to their constituents and to the experts at the public hearings into Bill 132 and voted against the bill.