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Australia’s RSPCA: Banning Breeds Won’t Reduce Attacks
Editor’s note: Also of note is that in a recent letter to the Minister for Agriculture and Food Security regarding Australia’s breed-specific law (BSL), the RSPCA said that it “does not believe that BSL is in any way effective in preventing or reducing dog attacks, or in protecting the public from dangerous dogs.” And…
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Virginia “Pit Bull” Takes Bullet for Owner during Burglary; Loses Leg
Now these are the dogs we know and love. Last month, a “pit bull” girl named “Lefty” (Aww, look at that sweet, pink face!) came to the aid of her owner in Painter, Virginia, when he was assaulted just outside of his home and forced into his home at gunpoint while four masked men…
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Animal Friends Kills “Pit Bull” They Say Could Not be Rehabbed Due to Dog Aggression
Normally I don’t do commentaries on animal shelters because the dog lobby has its hands full with the politics of bad animal legislation. But every once in a while I’m reminded that animal shelters play politics all their own; politics that tend to replace the mission and cause people to forget that they’re supposed…
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Appeals Court Throws Out Lima, Ohio’s Breed-Specific Dangerous Dog Law
On Monday, December 23, 2013, the Third District Court of Appeals in Ohio reversed a lower court ruling, and, in effect tossed Lima, Ohio’s breed-specific dangerous dog law by declaring it unconstitutional. The appeals court ruling stemmed from a November 19, 2012, incident in which Lima, Ohio resident Theodore T. Stepleton was charged with…