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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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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…
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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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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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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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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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Chicago Man Allegedly Taunts “Pit Bulls” and is Mauled
On Saturday, August 31, 2013, a 25-year old Chicago man allegedly taunted several so-called “pit bulls” that were behind a fence until they got out and mauled him. Now the usual suspects — the media, possibly the disinformer operatives at Dogsbite.org, and all-around idiots — are offering the usual skewed/worthless statistics and urban mythology…
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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…
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Watertown, Wisconsin: A Sociological Study in BSL Hysteria, Junk Science Misinformation, and Dogged Ignorance
Like the rest of the dog lobby, we’ve been watching the progression of Watertown, Wisconsin’s breed-specific law (BSL) proposal these past few months with a sense of head-shaking disbelief. Indeed, Watertown might be perfect for a sociological study in groupthink and hysteria given how some aldermen seem to have gone out of their way…
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Watertown, Wisconsin’s “Pit Bull” Ban Proposal Passes First Reading
By a vote of 5-4 — with aldermen Fred Smith, Mark Kuehl, Steve Zgnoc, Augie Tietz and Robert Stocks voting for a “pit bull” ban, and aldermen Emily McFarland, Ken Berg, John Coughlin and Jim Romlein voting against it — Watertown’s proposed extremely restrictive “pit bull” ban has passed its first reading. According to…