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[Joe S]

This law is bs. Every yeah their are a dozen case where a pitbull eats a childs face off in the news. I have never seen a savanah inbthe news yet fir eating someones face off. Iowa justchanged their law, in july of 2013. Maybe nebraska will do the same.

 

[NikkiA]

I agree with you that the law could have been better thought out, unfortunately it was not.
I would not risk purchasing a SV or other "hybrid" feline and bringing it into Nebraska.

 

[John Popp]

A successful argument is never going to be made by pointing out the ludicrous nature of other laws and the animals they affect. You need to make the argument for Savannah's on the merits of those cats and others as stable and reliable pets that pose no health risk to the community.

From my understanding, the biggest detriment to our cherished pets is that when arguing a case in front of legislators, we don't allow enough sunshine between us and those who want to house a tiger or a cougar. In my state, Ohio, that's the way things shook out and we lost the right to have some smaller cats that didn't pose any imaginable threat to the community. Fortunately some of the members here were successful in their efforts to keep that from effecting "hybrids".

Anyway, the primary point is don't be tricked into thinking your going to beat the legislators into submission by way of how dangerous a pitbull or wolf hybrid is.

 

[Michaela]

A successful argument is never going to be made by pointing out the ludicrous nature of other laws and the animals they affect. You need to make the argument for Savannah's on the merits of those cats and others as stable and reliable pets that pose no health risk to the community.

From my understanding, the biggest detriment to our cherished pets is that when arguing a case in front of legislators, we don't allow enough sunshine between us and those who want to house a tiger or a cougar. In my state, Ohio, that's the way things shook out and we lost the right to have some smaller cats that didn't pose any imaginable threat to the community. Fortunately some of the members here were successful in their efforts to keep that from effecting "hybrids".

Anyway, the primary point is don't be tricked into thinking your going to beat the legislators into submission by way of how dangerous a pitbull or wolf hybrid is.

Very Nicely Put
Education
Awareness
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[Trish Allearz]

Education and awareness won't affect the narrow minded

Thanks for reminding me about ri, Paige. I'd forgotten and had a kitten inquiry from there.

Sent from my so called smartphone so all typos and bad advice can be blamed on said "smart" phone

 

[admin]

This law is bs. Every yeah their are a dozen case where a pitbull eats a childs face off in the news. I have never seen a savanah inbthe news yet fir eating someones face off. Iowa justchanged their law, in july of 2013. Maybe nebraska will do the same.

I agree, Joe...Iowa's law change was years in the making by a bunch of very dedicated pet owners with the help of some of us. CT just recently changed their laws to allow ALL generations of savannahs - that was also YEARS in the making...we were able to get it done in 2013, but it was a lot of work.

 

[Brigitte Cowell]

How absolutely ludicrous that wolf hybrids are legal and savannahs are not. What is the worst that can happen with a savannah? You get scratched or bit. What is the worst that can happen with a wolf? You die. So freaking backwards

I agree, Kristin, but the legislators have almost always NEVER seen an example of what they are outlawing. When the legislators in Ohio saw pictures of Savannahs with kids and realized they truly were just domestic cats, they were happy to exclude them from the law. Most of the time when the law is written, someone mentions hybrids and people's first guess of what a wild-domestic hybrid will be is some sort of super-feral cat :-( It's something we deal with over and over in breed education, that "wild" heritage does not equal feral cat behavior. It's an assumption that I think plays into these decisions. And that "fear of the unknown" when they are too lazy or busy as a politician to bother doing any sort of research into WHAT they are banning :-(

 

[Brigitte Cowell]

A successful argument is never going to be made by pointing out the ludicrous nature of other laws and the animals they affect. You need to make the argument for Savannah's on the merits of those cats and others as stable and reliable pets that pose no health risk to the community.

From my understanding, the biggest detriment to our cherished pets is that when arguing a case in front of legislators, we don't allow enough sunshine between us and those who want to house a tiger or a cougar. In my state, Ohio, that's the way things shook out and we lost the right to have some smaller cats that didn't pose any imaginable threat to the community. Fortunately some of the members here were successful in their efforts to keep that from effecting "hybrids".

Anyway, the primary point is don't be tricked into thinking your going to beat the legislators into submission by way of how dangerous a pitbull or wolf hybrid is.

I agree, John, I think the banding together of ALL the exotic animal folk in OH meant that smaller exotic cats like the Serval were banned along with the larger ones like lions and tigers. There's a BIG difference in the threat level to humans between those species... one sees the human as possible prey and the other doesn't. The exotic community felt that it was a "divide and conquer" plan to split them up and resisted. They still resent the Savannah folk for distancing ourselves and fighting as "domestic cats"... yet that is what our breed is! We happily told the public that in our opinion Servals did not deserve to be banned and were no threat, but our defense of our breed was that it was a domestic cat breed and should not be included.

I completely agree that we should not approach it by dissing dogs... they have their own legislative issues.

 

[Kristin]

I love dogs just as much as anyone. I understand the whole man's best friend, and I agree. However, an aggressive cat (of any breed) can do a lot less damage than any dog (of any breed). I hate that Pit Bulls are banned here, they are a lovely breed of dog, and I have met some pretty awesome ones. In fact, I would consider owning one if I could. I have also met some absolutely lovely wolves and they just acted like rambunctious dogs. I don't believe there should be bans against the dogs either, I am just stating that its ass backwards in the "dangerous animal" aspect.

 

[Patti]

I agree that it is a poorly written law because it does not specifically address hybrids so we must rely on the official's interpretation of the law, which could potentially change at whim when someone new fills that position. Unfortunately, I have not heard of anyone, or any group of people who are interested in working at amending the law there so doubt will see any changes in the near future.