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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After Garden City, Kansas recently repealed their breed-specific legislation (BSL) which had declared so-called “pit bull” “breeds” vicious, El Dorado, Kansas now endeavors to do same and is currently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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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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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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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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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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Springdale, Arkansas Opinion Editorialist Ponders Pit Bulls, BSL, and What’s in a Name
While Springdale, Arkansas is poised to consider breed-specific legislation (BSL), opinion editorialist Richard Drake in his piece “Springdale: Dont ban pit bulls – ban morons, instead” opined about his dread at not only reading about a so-called pit bull named Damian who mauled a Peke-a-poo named Chewie to death on Nov. 4, but also about…
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Yakima, Washington Will Consider Pit Bull Ban Repeal
After months of lobbying by animal advocates, the Yakima, Washington City Council will, on Tuesday, November 12, 2013, hold a study session to consider repealing Yakima’s 26-year-old pit bull ban. In lieu of the long-standing breed-specific legislation (BSL), it is hoped that Yakima will consider a dangerous dog (owner) law instead. Yakima has,…
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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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Albany, Georgia to Propose Pit Bull Restrictions; Recites Long-Debunked Urban Mythology
It is astounding that in the age of the Internet a city government and a humane society will still recite long-ago debunked urban mythology about pit bulls as gospel truth, even as these lies have been discredited for many years. Yet the Albany, Georgia Board of City Commissioners and the Albany Humane Society are…