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Missouri Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer’s Repeated Calls for HSUS Investigation Go Ignored
From the Sportsmen’s & Animal Owners’ Voting Alliance: The IRS scandal continues to unfold in Washington with Congressional hearings underway and now investigation by the FBI into IRS actions and targeting of certain nonprofits. Discovery that the Director of the IRS division implicated in using the improper targeting, Lois Lerner, is an active member of…
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Bluefield, West Virginia Mayor May Be Out Because of “Pit Bull” Ban
Editor’s note: As we’ve been reporting since the beginning (here, here, and here), Bluefield’s breed-specific ordinances have been an unmitigated disaster. It’s unclear if city officials have outright lied to their constituents, or if the city officials themselves can’t get their story or their ordinance straight. Looks like the voters might have something…
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Iraq War Vet’s “Pit Bull” is Shot, Killed When Buffalo, New York Police Bust Down Wrong Door
Editor’s note: Perhaps the Buffalo, New York Narcotics Division could benefit from the training that Colorado police are now required to have in discerning aggressive versus non-aggressive canine behavior. That or perhaps someone should give them a map. From the New York Daily News: An Iraq war veteran is reeling after cops busted through…
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Australia: Worldwide Support Increases to Save ‘Kerser’ from Senseless Death Because of “Breed”
From the Monash Weekly: …The campaign to save the dog, known as Kerser, has received international attention due to an online petition which has received more than 23,000 signatures. Kerser was identified by Monash council officers as a pit bull last December, when he was seized after breaking into a neighbours backyard. Under Victorian law…
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Chicago Man Beats “Pit Bull” to Death over $3.98 Torn Shirt!
I swear someone must be paying psychos in Chicago to be cruel to animals in some kind of sick, underground reality TV, amateur video-type show or something. As if the countless articles about a man having sex with a “pit bull” inside Chicago’s Animal Care and Control weren’t enough <shiver>, now we have the…
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Chicago Sun-Times Illustrates Irresponsible Media Reporting Concerning So-Called “Pit Bulls”
Update: Judging from the 5 p.m. news footage of the dogs in question, they are absolutely not the “usual suspect” breeds typically mislabeled “pit bulls.” Nor are they mastiffs, or 150 pounds. One of the dogs appears to be a 60-pound bulldog mix of some type, and the other appears to be a…
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Connecticut Passes Law to Prohibit Breed-Specific Legislation
From the AKC: Yesterday, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy signed House Bill 6311, which will prohibit municipalities from enacting breed-specific dog laws. The AKC thanks the many Connecticut dog owners who took the time to contact their legislators in support of this issue as well as the efforts of the Connecticut Dog Federation in assuring the…
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Nevada Passes Law to Prohibit Breed-Specific Legislation
From the International Science Times: A Nevada dog breed law [AB 110] will make it illegal to designate a dog as dangerous or malicious simply based on its breed. According to the Reno Gazette-Journal, Governor Brian Sandoval signed the law [May 28, 2013], making Nevada the 14th state to adopt a law banning breed discrimination…
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Clay, Alabama Passes “Pit Bull” Ban after Free-Roaming Dog Incident
June 5, 2013 update: According to WBRC in Birmingham, Alabama, the Sheriff who was supposedly surrounded by a “pack” of “pit bulls” (and there’s that reference to “packs” again) which is what supposedly brought about the “pit bull” ban in Clay, is now claiming the dogs in question were actually Rottweilers! Sheriff Mike Hale…
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Springville, Alabama May Consider Ban on Several Breeds
Editor’s note: Again, what is a pit bull because pit bull is not a breed? The slang term pit bull can be used to describe countless actual breeds, their mixes, and lookalikes. In other words, pit bull is anything you want it to be which is why statistics on pit bulls and so-called…