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Waterford Township, Michigan May Repeal Their 23-Year-Old “Pit Bull” Ban
From the Oakland Press: Waterford Township will discuss repealing sections of its existing 23-year-old pit bull ban Monday [June 10, 2013]. Since the new board took over in November, residents have requested the townships ban on pit bulls be changed. The agenda item allows the public to discuss the matter and the board to vote…
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Osawatomie, Kansas Repeals Their Two Decades Long Breed Ban
According to Osawatomie’s own city site, New ordinance 3709, which was published in summary in the June 5, 2013 issue of the Osawatomie Graphic, is now available on-line. The major changes in Ordinance 3709 are the repealing of breed specific bans, enhancing provisions dealing with definitions, regulations, prohibitions and penalties dealing with dangerous animals, strengthening…
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Chicago and Its Media Continue to Push Farce that Dogs in 3 Year-Old’s Attack Were “Pit Bulls”
As I’ve been writing, so-called “pit bull” attacks that occurred repeatedly in California (almost all of which were drug-related, but which were reported by the media as due to “pit bulls”) coincidentally, or maybe not so coincidentally, happened just as Riverside County was considering a mandatory spay/neuter law and as it was suggested that California…
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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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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…
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“Pit Bull” “Pack” Maulings the Latest Craze for Spring in California, New Mexico, Florida, and South Carolina
It is perhaps not so surprising that states that prohibit breed-specific legislation (BSL) like California, Florida, and Illinois, have seen “pit bull” attacks one after another recently, almost as if they were in someone’s sights to repeal those BSL prohibitions. Why else would the media and elected officials ignore the obvious problems — the…
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Bluefield, West Virginia and Caddo Valley, Arkansas Illustrate Why Breed-Specific Laws Don’t Work
Bluefield, West Virgina, who prior had a breed-specific law (BSL) that wasn’t working, passed an additional breed-specific law on April 23, 2013, which in fact was an outright ban, and gave existing “pit bull” owners a mere 10 days to register their dogs. Many upright citizens, not wanting to disobey the law, though they…
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Albany, Georgia May Pursue Breed-Specific Ordinance
Editor’s note: Again, what is a “pit bull” because “pit bulldog” 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…
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As Mass. S. 969 is Soon to be Heard in Committee, “Coincidental” “Pit Bull” Attacks are on the Increase
Sept. 26, 2013 update: As the AKC has reported, S. 969 is no longer in consideration for this session. As we wrote in February, Massachusetts’ S. 969 would overturn the prohibition of breed-specific legislation that Massachusetts passed just last year, thanks to the special-interest lobbying, and one must assume favor-trading, of Boston Mayor…