Keep Military Families Together - End Breed Restrictions on Bases!

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Thousands of service members live on military bases across the world. **Sadly, not all of their family is welcome on base with them, namely their dogs.**

When military housing was privatized in 1996, the six companies that took responsibility for the bases — known as the Residential Communities Initiative consortium (RCI) — sought to create common policies across all bases. One such policy includes the banning of specific breeds of dog — breeds the RCI has deemed "dangerous,"including, but not limited to: **Pit Bulls, Rottweilers, Doberman Pinschers, and Chow Chows.**

Sometimes, despite their actual DNA, dogs are only given the eyeball test, and initially banned based solely upon their looks. This forces dogs to undergo a DNA test to prove they don't fall under the restriction. But, under this policy, **even a 1% positive result will end in a ban**, despite the lack of evidence showing the correlation between dog breed and dog bite.

This is ridiculous. Dogs are more than just a breed. They're more than therapeutic to service members performing some of the most demanding jobs in the world — they're family. And, because military family after military family continue to be separated by this policy, the time to act is now.

**Sign the petition below and urge the RCI to do away with their breed-specific legislation.**