From the Northeast Booster: “Councilman Vince Gardina wants to put the squeeze on owners of pit bulls and other dogs with a history of biting. Changes to county law favored by Gardina would create a special set of requirements that owners of pit bulls or other dogs found to be vicious would have to meet…

Cross-posted from United Animal Owners Alliance: Proposed breed specific legislation [which would ban “pit bulls”] in Falmouth, Kentucky and Pendelton County, Kentucky. Please contact the officials there to voice your polite and respectful opposition to BSL and also to offer viable alternatives to the city and county officials. Next city council meeting is September 20,…

See the video report from KSAT channel 12 in San Antonio here.

From The Enquirer in Cincinnati: “A city meeting on how to help police better identify pit bulls so they can enforce the citys ban did anything but that Tuesday, as some City Council members said the ban needs to be addressed. …Councilman Cecil Thomas, an owner of Bo Jangles, a chow chow, and Chiquita, a…

From NBC 40 in New Jersey: “Responding to what he says has been a number of recent unprovoked attacks by the breed, State Senator “Sonny” McCullough announced new legislation Thursday, that would allow municipalities to require muzzles on pit bulls, or pit bull mixes, ‘There is what’s called a vicious dog bill that’s already in…

The bill reads, “An act relating to dangerous dogs; amending s. 767.14, F.S.; eliminating the prohibition of breed specific local government regulation of dangerous dogs; providing an effective date.” Read the bill in its entirety here (requires a PDF reader).

Update: Arkadelphia Mayor Chuck Hollingshead has called for a public hearing on Sept. 20, 2007 to allow the public to speak on an ordinance restricting ownership of “pit bulls.” From The Daily Siftings Herald: “…Arkadelphia’s City Board of Directors will discuss an ordinance that would restrict the owners of pit bull dogs in the city.…

PLEASE CROSSPOST! On September 5, 2007, Youngstown City Council will consider adopting legislation that will ban “pit bulls.” Click here for an article regarding the ban. Everyone, please write letters, fax letters and call the City Council members listed below and request that council reconsider a ban and explain why banning pit bulls is not…

**Permission to Cross Post!!** Please call the two numbers below immediately to voice your opposition to the proposed city wide ban on pit bulls. The mayor, Don Kiser, has proposed it “under the radar” and now they could vote it into law tonight. If this happens, the County Judge Executive, Donnie Foley, will attempt to…