From CBS Channel 7 in South Carolina: “City Council member Tony Stewart is proposing a ban on new pit bulls and tighter restrictions on existing pit bulls some owners have in the city. The proposed ordinance says existing pit bulls present an unacceptable risk of harm and fear to residents. Under the proposed ordinance existing…

From The Ely Times: “Kim Young is Ely’s animal control officer. She would like to bring an ordinance to the city council that would ban pit bulls from the city unless the owner has a breeder’s license. She said she wants more protection for the public than just a ban on pit bulls. Young said…

From the Seattle Post Intelligencer: “The city of Lakewood is looking at tightening up its animal control laws… City Manager Andrew Neiditz says in examining dangerous dog calls in Lakewood in the past several years, he found most involved pit bulls. Neiditz told the City Council last night that officials will look at Auburn’s ordinance,…

From the AKC: Minnesota House File 3245, sponsored by Representative Dennis Ozment, seeks to lift the state’s current prohibition on breed-specific legislation. If passed and signed into law, the changes imposed by this bill would have a profound impact on all dog owners in Minnesota. It is imperative that all dog owners and breeders in…

From the Beauregard Daily News: “The Beauregard Parish Police Jury will discuss the possibility of implementing new vicious dog regulations in the parish at the Tuesday, February 12 regular meeting of the jury. …During a meeting of the Police Jury Legislative Committee on Tuesday, members discussed the recent increase in complaints about such dogs received…

Editor’s note: I’m bumping up this post because this bill is in serious jeopardy of dying in committee unless it receives attention from Ohioans.   Please, if you are a resident of Ohio, contact those on the House Committee on Infrastructure, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs and urge them to vote this bill out of…

From WDSU Channel 6 in New Orleans: “The Allen Parish Police Jury and Kinder officials are taking closer looks at the kinds of pets residents own in the wake of a fatal mauling in Longville in Beauregard Parish and an incident in which a police officer shot a dog after it attacked him. Both incidents…

Apparently word that Waterloo was planning a breed-specific ordinance was leaked late last week, which prompted me to write a pre-emptive letter urging Waterloo officials not to pursue a breed ban or breed-specific legislation. I received a couple of replies from Waterloo city officials informing me that they had no intention of pursuing a breed…

From the AKC: Tennessee Senator Tommy Kilby of Wartburg has introduced Senate Bill 2738. If adopted, this bill will make it a crime to own a “pit bull dog” in the state of Tennessee. It is imperative that all Tennessee concerned dog owners voice their strong opposition to this wrongheaded legislation…

Senate Bill 2738 filed for introduction 1/14/08: “Creates a class A misdemeanor of knowingly owning a pit bull in this state.”