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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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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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Established Newspaper Steals My Prose; Refuses to Give Proper Credit
What passes for a journalist these days barely warrants the name. For instance, take this post on the Statesman Journal website in Salem, Oregon. Not only did this “journalist” steal my blog post without my permission, she refuses to credit me as a proper source, citing my URL as nopitbullban.com instead of the proper nopitbullbans.com.…
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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…
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Bloomer, Wisconsin Repeals Pit Bull Ban, Passes Pit Bull Restrictions
After Bloomer, Wisconsin repealed the portion of their Pit Bulls and Other Dangerous Animals ordinance (7-1-9) that banned pit bulls on Wednesday, October 9, 2013, the city council on Wednesday, November 14, 2013, passed new restrictions for so-called pit bulls within the city allowing owners to have them if they followed the following restrictions. …
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Help Save Indiana Pit Bull Who Defended Family & Will Be Killed in Days
An incident that occurred in Hendricks County, Indiana recently illustrates perfectly what I mean when I say that dangerous dog laws (DDLs) can be just as deadly as breed-specific legislation (BSL). Jo Zickmund says she and her mixed-breed Labrador, Jessie, were attacked by her neighbor’s pit bull, Klove, twice. Zickmund said, “Shes a…
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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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British Columbia Woman Says Dangerous Dog Law Too Severe
As I have been writing for a while now, there are many citizens who have expressed concern over dangerous dog laws and the extent of powers given to Animal Control Officers and law enforcement who enforce dangerous dog laws (DDLs). Dangerous dog laws and dangerous dog registries have the potential to be just as…
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Flint, Michigan Man: PD Has No Resources to Enforce Pit Bull Registry
In response to Councilman Sheldon Neeley’s proposal to create a pit bull registry in the city of Flint, Michigan, one Flint resident has an earful of wisdom to extend to the Flint City Council. Flint resident Patrick Robinson wrote in a letter to the editor: You want to tie up our police officers on…
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Disabled Man Sues Miami-Dade County, Florida over Pit Bull Service Dog
Felix Conde, a resident of Aventura, Florida in the county of Miami-Dade, has filed a lawsuit to challenge Miami-Dade County’s 24-year-old pit bull ban. Passed in 1989, Miami-Dade’s breed-specific legislation (BSL) prohibits so-called pit bulls within the county, no exceptions, not even for service dogs. Mr. Conde suffers from a breathing ailment that…