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by colechristensen 359 days ago
Why? Are squirrels and butterflies banned too? Shall we sterilize the world so it's just humans and cement?
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Dogs aren't a native species and can in fact be ecologically damaging. Squirrel population control is a question beyond my ability. Butterflies are both native and useful. Hopefully this is helpful.
Damaging the ecology of... the local tennis park? I have some news for you... the ecology there is already damaged.
Fallacy of relative privation
No it's not, your local tennis park has no ecology to speak of that could be disrupted by dogs. You just don't like dogs and instead of stating that you want your preference imposed on everybody else just because it's your preference, you have a list of dubious reasons why dogs shouldn't be allowed here or there.
Squirrel and butterfly poop is not a problem. Nor are there 80lb+ squirrels and butterfly’s bred for aggressive qualities.

Tigers/lions/bears/chimps are generally not allowed either.