ASI Diary

Sowing Seeds

OK, it's shameless braggadocio, but enter "human animal studies" into a Google search box and ASI's Fellowship Program will top the list of references.  ASI didn't pay for this placement.  In large part, it results from the number of credible websites that link out to ASI's human-animal studies pages and the click-through count. The ASI Human Animal Studies Fellowship deserves such recognition.  As it completed its fourth year, this time on the historic Clark University campus, the Fellowship begins the process of finding a permanent home.  That is a fitting graduation from being a good concept...

Research Nutshell

Survey Shows BSL Doesn't Work

Five years after severe restrictions on "pit bulls" were enacted in Ontario, Canada, a survey by the Toronto Humane Society reports that the legislation did not decrease dog bite cases in that region.

Study Summary:

In 2005 the province of Ontario enacted legislation that required owners of "pit bull" dogs (including Staffordshire terriers) to have them spayed or neutered and muzzled in public. The Toronto Humane Society surveyed municipalities in Ontario regarding dog bite cases from 2005 to 2009. Although reported...