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Medford, Oregon to Look at Pit Bull Ban or Forced Pit Bull Sterilization
Well, it’s a new year but it’s still the same old disinformation and hysteria we have heard for decades about so-called “pit bulls.” The most recent subscriber to “pit bull” mythology is Medford, Oregon whose police profess to be experts in dog breed determinations with the claim that of the 89 dog attacks over…
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Some St. Marys County, MD Residents Use Hysteria, Not Logic in BSL Push
Fresh off their “win” in the embarrassment that was the Tracey v. Solesky kangaroo court ruling in 2012, which deemed so-called “pit bulls” “inherently vicious” via extremely flawed and one-sided information, anti-pit bull protesters of the Avonlea Farm neighborhood in Mechanicsville, Maryland pushed for even more breed-specific legislation (BSL) by lobbying the St. Mary’s Board…
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Chicago Infant Killed by Neglect, Not Pit Bull
Out of respect, I was going to wait to write about Jah’Niyah White, the adorable 2-year-old Chicago toddler mauled to death by her grandfather’s dog. But since the media didn’t wait to sensationalize the incident, I guess I can’t wait either to put the story straight. Little 2-year-old Jah’Niyah White was fatally mauled…
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Ottawa, Kansas Will Conduct Public Hearing Regarding Existing Pit Bull Ban
After wasting an alarming amount of time trying to find Ottawa, Kansas’ existing breed-specific legislation (BSL) on their labyrinth of a city site, here is their existing pit bull ban ordinance under section 3-329 entitled “Pit bulls; keeping prohibited.” It has all the usual garbage you would expect to find from a “model” pit…
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Newark, Ohioan Seeks to Remove Vicious Designation for Pit Bulls Via Canine Good Citizen Test
It’s understandable when owners of banned or restricted breeds seek to minimize breed-specific restrictions by suggesting additional legislation that they believe will take the stigma off of their dogs. But I find that trying to “compromise” with the irrational people who propose breed-specific legislation (BSL) is like negotiating with terrorists. You just shouldn’t…
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Manderson, Wyoming Looks to Add Rottweilers, Dobermans to Existing Pit Bull Ban
Perhaps Manderson, Wyoming should take a hint from Greybull, Wyoming and back away from their breed-specific legislation (BSL). But not only is Manderson not backing away from their existing pit bull ban, they are now proposing to add Rottweilers and Dobermans to their breed ban. We’ve seen this before. Communities who ban one…
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Hot Springs Village, Arkansas: Man Whose Wife is Mauled by Mastiff Wants Pit Bull Restrictions
Well here’s a new twist. Usually we see mastiffs being mistaken for so-called pit bulls and then consequently a pit bull ban is called for even though it was really a mastiff that did the attacking. In Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, Hans Kappen’s wife was mauled to death by a Bull Mastiff on…
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Beebe, Arkansas Seeks to Combine Pit Bull Ban with Vicious Dog Category Since BSL is Not Working
According to the Beebe News in Beebe, Arkansas, Mayor Mike Robertson and the city’s attorney Barrett Rodgers, may combine the ordinance language that bans so-called pit bulls with the ordinance language related to vicious dogs. Beebe already has a breed-specific law (BSL) banning so-called pit bulls, or “Pit Bulls and others in that category…
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Parma, Ohio: Advocates Lobby Council to Overturn Pit Bull Ban
Last year Ohio removed so-called pit bulls from its dangerous dog definition via HB 14. As such, it is astounding that some Ohio communities — like Swanton and Reynoldsburg — refuse to repeal their breed-specific legislation (BSL) despite their utter failure to be able to enforce it. It’s no secret that BSL is…
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Bloomer, Wisconsin Repeals Pit Bull Ban, Passes Pit Bull Restrictions
After Bloomer, Wisconsin repealed the portion of their Pit Bulls and Other Dangerous Animals ordinance (7-1-9) that banned pit bulls on Wednesday, October 9, 2013, the city council on Wednesday, November 14, 2013, passed new restrictions for so-called pit bulls within the city allowing owners to have them if they followed the following restrictions. …