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Evanston, Illinois Golden Retriever Supposedly Mauls Min Pin; And You Thought They Were Only After “Pit Bulls”
I’ve dealt with my fair share of uppity nanny-staters in my day. You’ll know them because every once in a while they’ll stoop to correct you like negative reinforcement for their pets. They’ll look down their noses at you and they’ll say ridiculously asinine things like: “If you have nothing to hide, then…
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Flint, Michigan to Propose “Pit Bull” Registry, Won’t Address Crime in Murder Capital U.S.A.
Updated November 5, 2013 With 50,000 stray dogs supposedly roaming the ruins of Detroit like some kind of scene from out of ‘Mad Max’, with psychopaths stabbing and hanging an innocent “pit bull” in Lansing (Although look at this picture. This dog is clearly a mastiff.), and after a dog was found dead inside…
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Dover & Dardanelle, Arkansas Have 2nd and 1st Reading of “Pit Bull” Ban Proposals
Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, both Dover and Dardanelle Arkansas* considered “pit bull” ban proposals. Dover, which I’ve already written about here and here, had its second reading of the proposed ordinance, and Dardanelle had its first reading. I’ve already posted about Dover’s “pit bull” ban proposal and the city council meeting wherein it…
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Burnaby, British Columbia to Vote to Add Additional BSL, Though Current BSL is Not Working
Despite Burnaby, British Columbia citizens petitioning the Burnaby City Council to remove breed-specific language from Burnaby’s Animal Control bylaw, the Burnaby council has decided to go the other way, seeking instead to add additional provisions to its existing breed-specific law (BSL). According to BurnabyNow: If council says yes to the staff recommendation on Sept.…
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Waterloo, Iowa “Pit Bull” Attacks Unsellable, Including 3rd in Almost as Many Weeks
With the third supposed “pit bull” attack in Waterloo, Iowa in as many weeks, discussions about passing breed-specific legislation (BSL) are inevitable if not wholly by design. In what is clearly yet another BSL target city, so-called “pit bull” attacks one after another are not surprising, though their veracity is hard to buy. …
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Lead, South Dakota to Redefine ‘Wolf Hybrid’ as Wild. Problem? All Domesticated Dogs are Technically Wolf Hybrids
It’s hard to classify wolf hybrid bans and restrictions. Do they classify as breed-specific legislation (BSL)? Are they an exotics ban? Or should wolf hybrids be outlawed altogether from pet ownership since wolves are wild and so too then are wolf hybrids? It’s a tricky subject too when you add to…
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City Attorney Stirs the Pot, Camanche, Iowa to Look at “Pit Bull” Ban, BSL Again
After hearing about so-called “pit bull” attacks in Clinton and Waterloo, Iowa, Camanche, Iowa’s city attorney, Thomas Lonergan, just had to stir the pot, you know, to be “proactive,” and propose that Camanche likewise look into passing a “pit bull” ban. Lonergan proposed that, “We could grandfather in the pit bulls that are already…
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Watertown, WI Removes “Pit Bull” Language from Dangerous Dog Law, Ordinance Passes
Thank you sensible aldermen of Watertown, Wisconsin! In a vote of 6 to 3 on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, the Watertown Common Council voted to amend their dangerous dog law proposal to remove language specific to so-called “pit bulls.” Thanks to Alderman Robert Stocks, who made a motion to amend the ordinance, council…
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Great Bend, Kansas Ad Hoc Committee Makes Final Recommendations Minus a “Pit Bull” Ban
The ad hoc committee tasked with researching a “pit bull” ban by the Great Bend, Kansas City Council made its final report on September 1, 2013. To its credit, the committee determined early on to not recommend a breed ban. Reportedly, the final recommendations include: ¢ Restrictions on tethering dogs. ¢ A new ordinance…
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Watertown, Wisconsin Final Reading on BSL Proposal
Watertown, Wisconsin will have its final reading on its breed-specific law (BSL) outlawing so-called “pit bulls” tonight, September 3, 2013, at 7 p.m. CST in council chambers at the Municipal Building, 106 Jones St. For the background on Watertown’s BSL proposal click here, here, here, here, and here. I don’t know what more we…