bericht : december 2005
Dear
Doberman friends all over the world,
The
Doberman in Switzerland needs your help, urgently!
On
December 1st 2005 , a tragic accident occurred in Switzerland. A 7 year
old boy got attacked and killed by three run away Pitbulls, when he was on
his way home from kindergarten. The Pitbulls were held under very poor
conditions. Apparently locked up in a cellar for about 10 months and
brought to Switzerland from abroad short before this tragic accident. The
dogs were intended to be sold here in Switzerland.
These
facts seem to be of no interest, least of all for our politicians! It
becomes public now to forbid potentially dangerous dogs in Switzerland –
and among these dogs, unfortunately, is named again and again the Doberman.
It remains unnoticed that statistics and facts from foreign and Swiss
experts proof that the Doberman bites rather infrequently than many other
dog breeds.
A
week ago, the canton of Valais enacted a ban for 12 dog breeds, starting
on the first of January 2006, and the Doberman is one of these! Whole
Switzerland is in motion. The responsible politician and the tourist
offices of the canton of Valais receive abundant e-mails regarding this
prohibition.
Now
we entreat you to help us. Please write to Mr. Burgener. He should remark
that the Doberman is an international recognized and established dog
breed. Mr. Burgener retains, that all owners of such breeds are criminal
and of rather moderate intelligence.
Put
pressure on the tourist offices! The canton of Valais lives from the
tourism and thinks that special allowances for tourists with dangerous
dogs will do the necessary!
The
Doberman in Switzerland must live!
Please
send this e-mail to all of your members and Doberman friends. We would be
grateful for your support!
The
responsible politician: burgener.thomas@bluewin.ch
, thomas.burgener@admin.vs.ch
Tourist
offices Valais : info@valaistourism.ch
Please
send a copy of your e-mails to: sos@dobermannclub.ch
Kindest
regards,
Dobermannverein
der Schweiz
Sven Walti
President.