From CBS 2 Chicago: Dog Lovers Upset By Elgin’s Proposed Pit Bull Laws Reporting Mike Puccinelli …a Chicago suburb is thinking about labeling all pit bulls as dangerous animals. That’s breeding bitter resentment from dog owners who say their breed is being unfairly singled out. …Charlotte Prusa, 84, doesn’t own Taysia. But she’s come to…

From Pet World host Steve Dale’s blog ChicagoNow: Elgin Bans Pit Bulls (or any dog they call a Pit Bull) Officials in Elgin say they’re not planning to ban Pit Bulls. I beg to differ, as does the dude hosting videos at Elgin2030.com.  

The Daily Herald ran a short but sweet letter from an Elgin, Illinois, resident opposed to the Elgin City Council’s breed-specific ordinance defining “pit bulls” as dangerous.   Right on Sue!: Elgin city council: Pit bull dogs don’t make themselves bad; people make them bad. Your actions, in an attempt to make it look like…

http://www.petitiononline.com/noban63/petition.html http://www.thepetitionsite.com/5/stop-unfair-dog-law-in-Elgin It would be lovely if someone from Elgin started a petition to recall Councilman John Prigge and possibly even Councilman Robert Gilliam and Mayor Ed Schock who we’re told own, or have owned, Dobermans and German Shepherds respectively.   Talk about hypocrisy!

The following is an excerpt from Steve Dale, host of the WLS show Pet World, and his blog ChicagoNow: Under a new ordinance in Elgin, all Pit Bulls are presumed to be dangerous dogs. That’s outrageous! Shame on Elgin, Illinois. Apparently, if a Pit Bull named Lassie rescues a little boy or Pit Bull works…

Like residents of Elgin, Illinois you may be wondering with whom Councilman John Prigge (and perhaps Mayor Ed Schock, Councilman Robert Gilliam, et al) has been associating after Wednesday’s Meeting of the Whole Committee meeting during which Mr. Prigge directly cited the radical animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) as…

Editor’s update: I failed to mention, and so did council members apparently, that part of the registration requirement for so-called “vicious” and “dangerous” dogs (including “pit bulls”) is that there must be “completion of an inspection by the city of the property where the Dangerous Dog or Vicious Dog is to be kept which confirms…

Editor’s note: The following letter comes to us from an Elgin, Illinois man who is frustrated that the information he presented to the Elgin, Illinois City Council about the ineffectiveness of breed-specific legislation (BSL) has gone ignored.   The only response he received from his so-called representatives was from Councilman Prigge who ignored completely the…

The following comes to us from our eyes and ears on the ground in Elgin, Illinois concerning yesterday’s Animal Control ordinance proposal: It’s a little bit peculiar that not even a month after Elgin, Illinois Councilman John Prigge took his councilman spot in April 2009 that he was pushing breed-specific legislation (BSL) in an attempt…