TorontoSun BSL POLL, VOTE NOW

http://www.torontosun.com
Hurry, we're losing we need every vote, this will be published

Voted and crossposted.

Thanks for the heads-up, Brooster.

you guys beat me to it! Come on everyone.. please vote!

you guys beat me to it! Come on everyone.. please vote!

Done :thumbs up

Done. So far, it's 51% NO and 49% YES.

C'mon everyone....VOTE !!!

I voted too, still 51, 49... I hope everyone sees it... maybe post it in the gen forum and the tjt too to make sure?

I just posted the link to this thread in the TJT.

:sad: I tried to vote a second time but it won't let me :yell:

I know....I did too. :o

me three! :o

It's now 53% NO and 47% YES :thumbs up

I just voted results = 47% yes, 53% no

I tried but I can't download anything past the Sun banner and the sexapaloosa banner ad above it. :rolleyes:

But I tried. :sad: :sorry:

I think the voting ended at midnight EST. :shrug:

Oooops....maybe the voting hasn't ended as they've changed the date at the top to Sunday March 2/08. :o

we're at 54 to 46.
woke the daughter up to vote, if this thing goes till later to day we need to get everybody we know to kindly jump on our band waggon.:candle:

Are you sure it's still open for voting? Cuz now I can't even get the banners. :shrug:

It's still there Hazel and now the results are NO 55% and YES 45% :thumbs up

Must be the phone lines again, then. :frustrated:

But at least the vote is going well! :thumbs up

Still active, 54 no 46 yes.

Now 50/50 and there's a non -complimentary article in the Sun
C'm on folks, what can we do

Over 700 dogs have been killed since BSL:yell:before this,I've never heard of AC in Toronto,makes you wonder if killing Pit-Bulls,is their main objective:confused:

Okay, done!!!! :thumbs up:thumbs up

We're getting close to the end and we're losing 48/52.
Phone your friends/siblings/co-workers etc., whoever can give us support.
It's a small battle in a huge conflict, a win would be awesome.:yell:

We're getting close to the end and we're losing 48/52.
Phone your friends/siblings/co-workers etc., whoever can give us support.
It's a small battle in a huge conflict, a win would be awesome.:yell:

I can't believe you just said that! I just hung up my cell phone from calling 8 other people and they've promised to vote.

Cheers!:thumbs up

Still the same odds.:sad:

Too bad we can't vote more than once!:cry:

Do you agree with Ontario's ban on pit bulls?
Yes 52%
No 48%

Total Votes for this Question: 4131

I finally managed to vote :thumbs up

Please check your PMs--I just sent those of you logged on as I type this an urgent message.

Anyone that has Mozilla and Internet Explorer can vote twice!

The totals keep going up but the percentages aren't changing! :yell: Keep voting!

51 to 49 now!!!! Keep voting!

its changing....49-51

50 - 50 now! We're catching up!!! :highfive: Let's put it away! :thumbs up

Anyone that has Mozilla and Internet Explorer can vote twice!

hehehe... thanks for the tip! I have both of those on 2 home computers and 1 at work:cool:.

51....49....for us:D

We're ahead 51 - 49 now... :highfive: Keep up the good work!

TM, check your PM. :D

urmmmm....:o...does anyone know how long this poll is going to run for?

52...48.....:d

WooooHooooo! :highfive:

You don't need to keep opening & closing the browser windows - aslong as you delete cookies & go to another site, then go to the torontosun page, it works :D I've got 4 windows open for voting ;) plus one for pets.ca :D

you dont even need to visit another site.....just hit refresh every so often:D

That didn't work for me :shrug:

nevermind it does :D


47%......53% :highfive:

I've been doing that and the vote counts are going up but the percentages stay the same. :shrug:

Votes 5842
YES 48%
NO 52%

It just changed...
Votes 5858
YES 47%
NO 53%

:thumbs up

I've been doing that and the vote counts are going up but the percentages stay the same. :shrug:

probably people on the other side of the vote have caught on & are doing the same :evil:

If you go to the story and then theres a "related story" link about Doggys on Death Row..., they interviewed Vi and myself although.. it can't be coming across too well with the poll results being what they are... ahhh, we tried!

probably people on the other side of the vote have caught on & are doing the same :evil:

THat's what I was thinking...

http://www.torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2008/03/02/4887416-sun.html
I don't know if this will work or not.

54...46 for us

i posted it in the newspaper thread this morning

It just changed...
Votes 5858
YES 47%
NO 53%

:thumbs up


the % seems to change every 1000 posts:shrug:

the % seems to change every 1000 posts:shrug:

I guess that makes sense. Back to voting....

It's now NO 55% and YES 45% :thumbs up

Keep voting !!!

:thumbs up.....i am

Yes!!! :highfive:

56-44 for us :thumbs up

I see! I see! Good work! :thumbs up

:thumbs up

We have a new member.....WELCOME dogingbsl :thumbs up

Here's the link...

http://www.torontosun.com/

57% - 43% now... :D

It's 43% YES and 57% NO :thumbs up

wonder how that happened:D:laughing:

Geeze, I dunno, but I gotta go for a bit. :sad:

Back later....:D


:fingerscr :goodvibes:

4:17pm, 58-42 for the good folks, when's this thing going to end? :rolleyes:

The archived polls are interesting--this one may set a record in number of responses for them. :D

Looks like last weekend there were 3 polls listed for the 23rd and one for the 24th?? So who knows when this one is going to end... Maybe they left it up longer because they saw they were actually getting hits? :o

Hazel,I think with the unjust murdering of Munchie or little Rambos eventual killing,maybe people are having second thoughts,people who were for BSL before.
I just wish polls like this would have a real impact:pray:

I hope that if they get huge responses, they'll mention it and maybe run some more educational articles on the truth about pitties! :fingerscr So maybe it will help make a difference...

does it end tonight??

Is it just me, or do the numbers stay the same even after voting sometimes?

hmmmm...they changed when I voted. So I don't know...

Most of their polls only run one day, so it seems like it should have ended last night? :shrug:

So I don't know, there, either... :o

Looks like it's over--the poll question just changed...:thumbs up

ya they changed when i voted most of the time..but sometimes not. Just wanted to make sure that there are actually being counted as multiple votes....

Final results: 58% No (disagreed with ban) 42% Yes

Good job everyone! :highfive:

:highfive: Good Job Everyone :highfive:

Woohoo look what were up to



Yes 42%
No 58%

WOO HOO!!!! :highfive::grouphug:

:D:highfive::D

Lordy, a small but important battle won.
Everyone and their friends, loved ones who helped get this done deserves a pat on the back.
Cheers to all four thousand three hundred and seventy three dog lovers

WOO HOO :highfive:

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Brooster, let us know if there are any articles in the news regarding the vote outcome. I'm hoping the number of replies will encourage them to say something. :fingerscr

We all helped- thanks for telling me how to make more votes:thumbs up
Dorothea, Lisa and many fur friends

Some call it doggy death row.

Hundreds of pit bulls and pit bull breed dogs have been confiscated by animal control officers in Toronto and across the province under Ontario's pit bull ban and are waiting in cages to be euthanized.

Some dogs with good temperaments will be "rescued" by animal groups and even pounds themselves to be shipped to other Canadian provinces and the U.S.

Others are secreted, through a kind of doggy underground railroad, in the backs of cars and vans to safe haven in another jurisdiction.

The Pit Bull Co-op, a group of dog lovers who banded together in the wake of Ontario's Bill 132, support responsible ownership and work with owners and rescue groups to find homes for dogs permitted under the legislation and those that are banned.

"We post their dogs on our website," Violet Madej, a founder of the co-op, told the Sunday Sun. "When puppies are born, a lot of people because their dogs are illegal have no choice but to get their dog out of the province."

One ad on the website is for "Monkey," a pit bull mix puppy that needs a home outside Toronto.

"Monkey is a sweet little monkey bum," the ad states. "He likes to make you laugh and he's very curious. Good combination. Consider adding this muffin to your home today."

The Pit Bull Co-Op, and groups such as the Pit Bull Project and Bullies in Need, get calls every week, Madej said, from owners who are hiding from the law and often desperate.

Ontario's law hasn't done much to target breeders and owners who choose to raise vicious dogs, for fighting and other uses, she said.

"They were abusing the law before and these people are still abusing the law," Madej said. "I see pit bull puppies everywhere and I know they're illegal."

OWNERS DON'T FIGHT

Debbie Black, the other co-op founder, said pit bull advocates are fighting the law but added responsible owners often don't fight back when animal control officers seize dogs suspected of being banned.

About 20 protesters showed up outside a Mississauga court Friday calling for the release of Rambo, a pit bull mixed breed who has been impounded since Christmas Day by the City of Mississauga under a 2005 law that bans pit bulls and "substantially similar" dogs in the province.

More often, owners don't resort to court.

"The fact is most people can't afford to stick up for their rights or pay a $10,000 fine," Black said.

"We abide by the law, as much as we despise it because we don't want to see any dogs confiscated and sent to doggy death row," Black said.

Rescue groups, humane society officials and municipal animal control officials test dogs that have been confiscated and deem some to be acceptable for adoption.

If there's doubt, the dogs are euthanized.

The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which has always been against the province's pit bull ban, admitted 98 pit bulls in their 20 branches across the province last year.

Of those, 66 were euthanized but only 38 were killed specifically because of the 2005 pit

You guys are all amazing.. it was sooo upsetting to have that article which we thought would be positive come out and THEN have the poll going towards the ban...!

Thanks Pets.ca once again.... for showing what a really great group of people can do for one another and their "bullies" ofcourse!

After all Jasmine is still the reigning Pet Idol thanks to this lot!:crazy::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::pawprint ::highfive:

just sucks that we have to resort to band together for a stupid poll.......:rolleyes:

Ok, now we need to see how many of us can plan to show up for Rambo's March 14 court date.
I've mentioned it to Connie, it would be great to show the judge how Shasta got her certification. Hope she can make it. :fingerscr

the toronto sun will never publish the results.....they are to liberal....pitbull stories however sell papers....the more negative the better.

Ok, now we need to see how many of us can plan to show up for Rambo's March 14 court date.


Wish I could. :sad:

Is anyone driving from downtown that I could hitch a ride with...???

Is it TTC-able from downtown?

Is it TTC-able from downtown?


:laughing:...if its on time

the toronto sun will never publish the results.....they are to liberal....pitbull stories however sell papers....the more negative the better.
I know, its hard to know if we should even give them attention or not.
If you remember that whole Peter "Worthnothing" ordeal, it seemed like he was ticking us off just so we would write him and continue to get them readers...:wall:

I know, its hard to know if we should even give them attention or not.
If you remember that whole Peter "Worthnothing" ordeal, it seemed like he was ticking us off just so we would write him and continue to get them readers...:wall:


oh i remember....i still have the letter i wrote....what a jack a**

here is an artical i came across.
http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&S=0&C=0&A=2093

great article W!

Is it TTC-able from downtown?
Its probably ttc, then Mississauga Transit but that could take forever, especially if you don't know Mississauga, and I don't!
I also don't want to be too far away from my daughter cuz she is due to deliver... supposed to be March 28th but the baby was seven lbs.. last wk!

That's a great article W! And I really hope they do publish those results... although I have a strong feeling those aren't the results they were hoping for. I think it's high time the media start showing both sides of the story!

they published the results in todays paper

54no
46yes

:rolleyes:

yet online its

58no
42yes......:rolleyes: