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Connecticut HB 6311 Would Prohibit Breed-Specific Legislation Statewide
HB 6311 would prohibit municipalities from adopting breed-specific dangerous dog ordinances statewide in Connecticut. A public hearing to consider the bill will be held on February 20, 2013. If you live in Connecticut please continue to monitor the status of this bill and offer support for its passage.
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H. 63 Would Prohibit Breed-Specific Laws in New Mexico
New Mexico’s H. 63, which would prohibit municipalities and counties from passing breed-specific laws (BSL) in the state of New Mexico, has cleared the House. If you live in New Mexico, please keep supporting this legislation, and thank sponsor Representative Yvette Herrell for sponsoring and advancing this bill. H. 63‘s amendment language states that,…
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State Senator Michael Rush’s S. 969 Would Allow Breed-Specific Laws in Massachusetts
Sept. 26, 2013 update: As the AKC has reported, S. 969 is no longer in consideration for this session. *** S. 969 is currently in the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government. Please write the committee members and politely ask that they not pass S. 969 out of committee. The people…
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Maryland Bills — SB 160 and HB 78 — Would Overturn “Pit Bull” Strict Liability of Tracey v. Solesky
April 10, 2013 update: The bills that would have reversed the court decision (Tracey v. Solesky) declaring “pit bulls” an inherently dangerous “breed” failed. March 27, 2013 update: The Maryland House and Senate are still at an impasse over the “pit bull” bill. March 14, 2013 update: The Baltimore Sun notes that, …the state Senate…
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Oklahoma “Pit Bull” Saves Family from Fire
From WTVR CBS 6 : A 10-year-old pit bull is being praised for…helping to save sisters from their burning home. The dog, named Baby, woke up the sleeping sisters as their house filled with flames and smoke Tuesday. The dog would not stop barking and jumping on the women until they woke up. …While the…
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La Porte, Texas Policeman Closes Down Highway to Save Rat Terrier
Hurray! A news story that isn’t about a policeman shooting a “pit bull.” I just had to post this story. It’s about a very heroic Texas policeman named Kyle Jones who shut down an entire highway to rescue a little Rat Terrier named Cujo who had wandered away from his home. …
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S. 178 and H. 5287*: Rhode Island Considers Statewide Breed-Specific Legislation Via Senators Chris Ottiano, David Bates, Walter Felag and Representatives Raymond Gallison and Kenneth Marshall’s Asinine Bills
Update from the AKC: S. 178 and HB 5287 have been withdrawn by their respective sponsors. *** You know the only reason I can think of for bought-off, er I mean lobbied, politicians to keep proposing and pushing long-debunked and now embarrassing “pit bull” urban mythology is because they think the dog lobby is too…
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Watertown, Wisconsin Considering “Pit Bull” Breed Ban; Restrictions
Here is the initial article about the proposed ban and/or restrictions, and following are excerpts from the article along with my comments. (Notice in the comments section of the Watertown Daily Times article what appears to be the usual inaccurate schpiel from Dogsbite.org . So I guess it’s not hard to trace the source…
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Gun Grabbers and Doggy Killers Unite over Little D.C. Boy Attacked by 3 “Pit Bulls”?
Last Sunday, an 11-year-old boy in Washington D.C. was reportedly attacked by three “pit bulls” and then rescued by a Good Samaritan, who shot one of the dogs, and a bike patrol officer who shot the other two. Now the Good Samaritan may face gun charges if you can believe it, courtesy of D.C.’s…
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“Pit Bull” Newspeak: Breed Bans “Protect” “Pit Bulls”
The good news about people doing bad things is that they are getting more foolish. So when people try to pull a switcheroo and attempt to employ Orwellian newspeak but they’re bad at it, it makes it easier to expose them. (Kind of like have you ever noticed how political correctness is billed as…