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El Dorado, Kansas to Look at Repealing 25-Year-Old “Pit Bull” Ban
After Garden City, Kansas recently repealed their breed-specific legislation (BSL) which had declared so-called “pit bull” “breeds” vicious, El Dorado, Kansas now endeavors to do same and is currently looking into repealing their 25-year old “pit bull” ban. In fact, El Dorado’s breed ban is so old, Commissioner Bill Young has requested a history…
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Did Yakima, WA Uphold Its Pit Bull Ban Using Fudged Pit Bull Intake Numbers?
Tell me if you’ve heard this one: How can you tell if a politician is lying? Their lips are moving. How about a Code Enforcement Manager? Because a mere day before Yakima, Washington inexplicably upheld its impotent 26-year old pit bull ban, the Yakima Herald reported that Code Enforcement Manager Joe Caruso’s…
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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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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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New Llano, LA Negates 1st Amendment as Residents Pack Council Meeting to Oppose Pit Bull Ban
At the Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, town council meeting in New Llano, Louisiana, pit bull supporters crowded the town hall to protest the town’s breed-specific legislation (BSL), a pit bull ban that was passed in New Llano earlier this year. Five residents spoke before Mayor Freddie Boswell closed the pre-council meeting to those living…
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Reynoldsburg, Ohio Ad Hoc Committee to Review Pit Bull Ban after ACO Confuses Mastiff with a Pit Bull
Just like Denver whose Animal Control Officers are unable to tell the difference between what their own ordinance defines as a pit bull and a Boxer mix, so it would seem Reynoldsburg, Ohio cannot discern between a pit bull as defined by their own ordinance and a Cane Corso/Presa Canario cross, breeds which are both…
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Ringsted, Iowa Votes No on Pit Bull Ban
On Monday, November 11, 2013, the Ringsted, Iowa City Council voted against a pit bull ban, 3-2 in a third and final reading of the proposed ban. The council asked for feedback about the ordinance and they got it as most who attended Monday’s meeting were opposed to breed-specific legislation (BSL) in any form.…
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Aurora, CO: Councilwoman Renie Peterson to Try Repealing Pit Bull Ban in Spring
After Aurora, Colorado Councilwoman Renie Peterson was unsuccessful in repealing Aurora’s 2006 pit bull ban back in 2011 she said yesterday she would try to bring up the issue of a repeal again in Spring of 2014. (In 2011, Peterson was successful in getting the pit bull ban limited to three breeds — the American…