New Westminster, British Columbia

These folks are poised on the edge of enacting BSL for their community! While some of the revisions to their by-laws are excellent and would do well to aid them in dealing with vicious dogs and their irresponsible owners, they are also ready to set BSL into place.

Schedule A in the new by-law is the important additive for BSL. It reads:
The following are deemed to be "vicious dogs" for the purposes of this Bylaw, and includes any dog of mixed breeding which includes but is not limited to the following breeds:
1. Pit Bull
2. Pit Bull Terrier
3. American Pit Bull Terrier
4. Staffordshire Bull Terrier
5. American Staffordshire Terrier
6. Cane Corso
7. Italian Mastiff
8. Presa Canarios
9. Fila Brasileiro
10. Argentinian Dogo

Please let the fine folks on city council below know that BSL is wrong and will not stop nor prevent dog bites in their community. Education and enforcement along with strict restrictions for irresponsible owners will aid in reducing the problem.

Please also note that November 19, 2005 there will be Municipal Elections for the City of New Westminster!! The link for all the candidates can be found by clicking here Anyone living within the voting area might like to ask each of the candidates what their thoughts are on the subject of dangerous dogs and animal control before casting their vote!

Current Council Mayor Wayne Wright
511 Royal Avenue
New Westminster, BC V3L 1H9
Phone: (604) 527-4522
Fax: (604) 527-4594
E-mail: wwright@city.new-westminster.bc.ca

Councillor Casey Cook
424 Glenbrook Dr.
New Westminster, BC V3L 5J5
Phone: (H.) 604-522-7338
604-540-0138 (H. - Fax)
E-mail: ccook@city.new-westminster.bc.ca

Councillor Jerry Dobrovolny
121 St. Patrick St.
New Westminster, BC V3L 1P6
Phone: (H. - Fax) 604-524-2913
E-mail: jdobrovolny@city.new-westminster.bc.ca

Councillor Calvin Donnelly
127 Dickenson St.
New Westminster, BC V3L 1C7
Cell: 604-250-3564
Fax: 604-524-4806

Councillor Bob Osterman
1422 London St.
New Westminster, BC V3M 3C4
Phone: 604-521-7603 (Home after 5pm)
E-mail: bosterman@city.new-westminster.bc.ca

Councillor Chuck Puchmayr
No contact information available

Councilwoman Lorrie Williams
446 Kelly St.
New Westminster, BC V3L 3T9
Phone: 604-521-3416
Fax: 604-521-3416
E-mail: lwilliams@city.new-westminster.bc.ca

Or you can contact the Mayor and Council through postmaster@city.new-westminster.bc.ca

Animal Control
231 Ewen Avenue
New Westminster, BC V3M 5B3
By phone: 604-519-2008
By fax: 604-519-1024 (to the attention of Animal Control)
By Email: postmaster@new-westminster.bc.ca

For more information, please contact us at:
info@doglegislationcouncilcanada.org