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Is Purdue’s Alan Beck Pushing BSL Via His Student and Debunked Pit Bull Urban Mythology?
Perhaps you’ve had the same experience, but some of the most clueless people I ever met in my life held Ph.D.s. It’s like they’re idiot savants. They claim to know a lot about one topic, and even that may be suspect, but are ignorant everywhere else. It appears such may be the…
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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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Wilton, CT: Disinformation and Disinformers Abound in So-Called Pit Bull Attack
After the horrific attack by a so-called pit bull on Wilton, Connecticut resident Anne Murray over a week ago, the “official” story seems to have changed several times. For instance, as I wrote in my initial post about the Wilton case, headlines saying a woman’s arms had been ripped off, that she owned the…
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Flint MI: Will Pit Bull Language Really Be Removed from Ordinance Proposal, or is Councilman Neeley Double-Speaking?
Like others on Friday, I read Mlive’s article entitled “Flint councilman rethinks plan to single out pit bulls in proposed dog registry ordinance” and thought that Councilman Sheldon Neeley was removing the pit bull language from his pit bull registry ordinance proposal. That would be a reasonable conclusion considering three paragraphs into the article…
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Wilton, CT: So-Called Pit Bull Severs Arm, Hand of Woman; Hysteria Ensues
For days, I have been reading headlines like “Woman Loses Limbs After Pit Bull Attack” and “Pit bull likely ate owner’s hands” after 65-year-old Anne Murray was brutally attacked by a so-called pit bull at her Wilton, Connecticut home on Monday morning, November 11, 2013. The dog was shot and killed by responding police.…
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Ringsted, Iowa to Vote on Pit Bull Ban Ordinance November 11, 2013
According to the Cedar Valley Pit Bull Rescue, the tiny town of Ringsted, Iowa, population a little over 400, has had two readings of a breed-specific legislation (BSL) proposal that would ban pit bulls from the city of Ringsted. Monday, November 11, 2013, the Ringsted City Council will vote on the pit bull ban…
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Riverside County, California Passes Impotent Breed-Specific Mandatory Spay/Neuter Law for “Pit Bulls”
Congratulations are in order for the Riverside County, California Board of Supervisors who, on Oct. 8, 2013, unanimously voted to pass an impotent breed-specific mandatory spay/neuter law for “pit bulls.” We haven’t seen a breed-specific mandatory spay/neuter law in a while so I was trying to figure out how to describe them to those…
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Burnaby, British Columbia Still Defines “Pit Bulls” as “Vicious” Despite All Evidence to Contrary
British Columbia has always captivated me. It is a beautiful province, and I have long wanted to go there. But like with Toronto, I refuse to visit a place that has such ridiculous and even stupid governance. On Monday, September 30, 2013, the Burnaby, British Columbia City Council inexplicably unanimously decided to…
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Peoria, Illinois Councilwoman Beth Akeson Spews “Pit Bull” Urban Mythology as Fact
According to our favorite “pit bull” bashing rag the Peoria Journal Star, Peoria, Illinois, is looking at making changes to their Animal Control ordinance. As such, a task force, was convened and a public hearing held, during which Councilwoman Beth Akeson said: What is important for people to understand is pit bulls, when…
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Waterloo, Iowa “Pit Bull” Attacks Will Stop When Waterloo is No Longer a BSL Target
Waterloo, Iowa is certainly not the first city we’ve seen targeted for breed-specific legislation (BSL) for “pit bulls.” It is, however, one of the most severely targeted we’ve seen. And, since the dog lobby has seen this modus operandi before, we’re quite certain that when Waterloo ceases to be a BSL target city,…