July 22, 2008 at 11:34 pm
· Filed under Breed-Specific Legislation
From Bless the Bullys:
Below is the definition of “vicious dog” from the proposed ordinance:
Vicious dog. (1) For the purpose of this section, “vicious dog” means:
(a) Any dog which has attacked a human being or domestic animal one or more times without provocation; or (b) Any dog with a history, tendency or disposition to attack, to cause injury or to otherwise endanger the safety of human beings or domestic animals; or (c) Any dog that snaps, bites, or manifest a disposition to snap or bite; or (d) Any dog that has been trained for dog fighting, animal fighting or animal baiting, or is owned or kept for such purposes; or (e) Any dog trained to attack human beings, upon command or spontaneously in response to human activities except dogs owned by and under the control of the police department, a law enforcement agency of the State of Tennessee or the United States or a branch of the armed forces of the United States; (f) Staffordshire terrier breed of dog; or (g) The American pit bull terrier breed of dog; or (h) The American Staffordshire terrier breed of dog; or (i) Dogs of mixed breed or of other breeds than above listed which breed or mixed breed is known as pit bulls, pit bull dogs or pit bull terriers; or (j) Any dog which has the appearance and characteristics of being predominately of the breed of Staffordshire terrier, American pit bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier; any other breed commonly known as pit bulls, pit bull dogs or pit bull terriers, or a combination of any of these breeds. (more…)
July 22, 2008 at 7:10 pm
· Filed under Breed-Specific Legislation, Constitutional Rights
From The Daily Reporter:
“First filing on changes to the “Vicious Animals Ordinance” was unanimously approved at Monday night’s Spencer City Council meeting, but not before an extended discussion clarifying just how the changes would be enforced and what animals would be directly impacted. (more…)
July 18, 2008 at 6:59 pm
· Filed under Breed-Specific Legislation, Constitutional Rights
From the Sioux City Journal:
“Councilman Aaron Rochester said Thursday he will propose that the council ban ownership of pit bulls in the city but allow current pit bull owners to keep their pets under a grandfather clause. (more…)
July 15, 2008 at 2:16 pm
· Filed under Breed-Specific Legislation, Constitutional Rights
From NBC KHAS channel 5 news:
“Hastings City Council is expected to hear from a man Monday night who says pit bulls need to be banned. The man told News 5 he was attacked and injured by a pit bull. (more…)
July 15, 2008 at 1:49 pm
· Filed under Breed-Specific Legislation, BSL Prohibition
Editor’s note: There is no article to go along with this alert, but we know that a breed-specific ordinance is on the agenda to be considered at tonight’s city council meeting. Please read the agenda here (requires a PDF reader). Breed-specific legislation is prohibited in the state of Texas:
§ 822.047. LOCAL REGULATION OF DANGEROUS DOGS. A county or municipality may place additional requirements or restrictions on dangerous dogs if the requirements or restrictions:
(1) are not specific to one breed or several breeds of dogs; and
(2) are more stringent than restrictions provided by this subchapter.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 916, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
(more…)
July 15, 2008 at 1:34 pm
· Filed under 4th Amendment, Dangerous Dog Law, Constitutional Rights
Editor’s note: B17-089 has been amended. You can read the updated version here (requires a PDF reader). Though many of the really egregious provisions of this ordinance from last year’s version were removed, this ordinance still has problems. For details, please read our letter to the Washington D.C. Mayor and City Council which follows: (more…)
July 15, 2008 at 1:11 pm
· Filed under Privacy Rights, 4th Amendment, Constitutional Rights
From NBC WSMV in Nashville:
“There’s already statewide registry to track sex offenders, and a similar system could be used to track vicious dogs. (more…)
July 11, 2008 at 1:48 pm
· Filed under Breed-Specific Legislation, Constitutional Rights
From deseretnews.com:
“[T]he Sandy City Council [is] considering breed-specific changes to the city animal-control ordinance. (more…)
July 9, 2008 at 9:22 pm
· Filed under Breed-Specific Legislation
From TheCabin.net:
“Yolanda Jefferson is on a mission to see pit bulls banned from the city of Conway or, at the least, restrictions placed on ownership of pit bulls. (more…)
July 9, 2008 at 8:42 pm
· Filed under Breed-Specific Legislation, Constitutional Rights
From Omaha.com:
“There haven’t been any recent reports of pit bulls attacking Ralston residents, and the City Council is looking to keep it that way.
…Mayor Don Groesser said that although the six registered pit bulls in the city might seem like a small number, the city still will consider the topic. ‘I think the city ought to look into it,’ he said. ‘We’re going to look at Council Bluffs’ ordinance and follow what Omaha is doing and maybe partner with them.’ (more…)
July 4, 2008 at 9:56 am
· Filed under Breed-Specific Legislation, Constitutional Rights
To:
The Honorable Ryan McCue, Mayor
Alderman Joseph Mikolajczak, First District
Alderwoman Mary Schissel, Second District
Alderman Mark Otto, Third District
Alderman Sean Smith, Fourth District
Alderman Thomas Pavlic, Fifth District
Dear Mayor McCue and Esteemed Members of the Cudahy Common Council:
I waited until today, July the 4th, to write to all of you because it is a day of solemnity when we pause and take stock of where this nation has been and where it is going. (more…)
July 4, 2008 at 6:24 am
· Filed under Property Rights, Constitutional Rights
What is an American?
From “Letters from an American Farmer” (1782) by emigrant J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur
…In this great American asylum [place of refuge], the poor of Europe have by some means met together, and in consequence of various causes; to what purpose should they ask one another what countrymen they are? Alas, two thirds of them had no country. Can a wretch who wanders about, who works and starves, whose life is a continual scene of sore affliction or pinching penury [poverty] — can that man call England or any other kingdom his country? A country that had no bread for him, whose fields procured him no harvest, who met with nothing but the frowns of the rich, the severity of the laws, with jails and punishments, who owned not a single foot of the extensive surface of this planet? No! Urged by a variety of motives, here they came. Everything has tended to regenerate them: new laws, a new mode of living, a new social system; here they are become men: in Europe they were as so many useless plants…they withered, and were mowed down by want, hunger, and war; but now, by the power of transplantation, like all other plants they have taken root and flourished! Formerly they were not numbered in any civil lists of their country, except in those of the poor; here they rank as citizens. By what invisible power hath this surprising metamorphosis been performed? By that of the laws and that of their industry. The laws, the indulgent [permissive] laws, protect them as they arrive, stamping on them the symbol of adoption; they receive ample rewards for their labours; these accumulated rewards procure them lands [property]; those lands confer on them the title of freemen, and to that title every benefit is affixed which men can possibly require. This is the great operation daily performed by our laws. (more…)
June 27, 2008 at 5:28 pm
· Filed under Breed-Specific Legislation, Constitutional Rights
From KPTM Fox 42 in Omaha:
“Wednesday’s [”pit bull”] attacks are sparking new interest in a possible pit bull ban in Omaha. Mayor Mike Fahey will meet Monday with the Nebraska Humane Society and the Omaha Police Department to try to prevent future attacks. (more…)
June 25, 2008 at 9:04 pm
· Filed under Constitutional Rights, Mandatory Spay/Neuter
From the AKC:
Today, the California Senate Local Government Committee passed, by a 3-2 vote, California Assembly Bill 1634 with amendments taken by the author. Senators Gloria Negrete McLeod, Christine Kehoe, and Michael Machado voted in favor, while Senators Dave Cox and Tom Harman voted against the measure. The bill will now go to the Senate Appropriations Committee for consideration. (more…)
June 20, 2008 at 5:13 pm
· Filed under Constitutional Rights, Mandatory Spay/Neuter
Editor’s note: I’m posting the Cat Fanciers’ Association analysis of the new AB 1634 bill because it was the best I read in describing the dire consequences of this bill if it passes. To learn how this bill will affect your dog if you live in California, please click here.
The Cat Fanciers’ Association
ALERT - CA AB 1634 is a NEW Bill
June 19, 2008
Please Forward
Fanciers;
AB 1634 is not amended - it is an entirely new bill. This is now a “spay/neuter on multiple impound or complaint” bill. The dynamics are very different because the Chair of the Senate Local Government Committee, Gloria Negrete McLeod, is now a coauthor with Senator Padilla. Assembly Member Lloyd Levine is the Principle author; co-authors are also Assembly Members Nava and Solario. (more…)
June 18, 2008 at 6:05 pm
· Filed under Breed-Specific Legislation
From The Ledger Independent:
“Maysville is currently in the process of passing an ordinance prohibiting ownership of pit bulls within the city. The ordinance would require any pit bull found within the city after Sept. 1, 2008 to be seized and impounded. A pit bull seized will only be released to an owner producing evidence that the pit bull dog is to be permanently taken out of the city. If such proof is not provided, the pit bull dog would be destroyed.” (more…)
June 18, 2008 at 5:54 pm
· Filed under Breeder Restrictions
From the AKC:
New York State Senator Andrew J. Lanza of Staten Island has introduced Senate Bill 8546, which seeks to dramatically change the state’s “pet dealer” laws. (more…)
June 16, 2008 at 1:23 pm
· Filed under Breeder Restrictions
Update from the AKC:
AKC’s Government Relations Department is pleased to report that New York Assembly Bill 11509 will not be considered by the Assembly Agriculture Committee for the remainder of the 2008 legislative session. This was confirmed today by the office of Assemblyman William Magee, chairman of the Assembly Agriculture Committee.
The Government Relations Department would like to congratulate and thank those who voiced their opposition to the bill and ensured that the rights and liberties of responsible dog breeders and owners will be respected in the legislative process. (more…)
June 13, 2008 at 4:23 pm
· Filed under Breed-Specific Legislation
From The Daily Independent:
“…City council members voted unanimously to approve an amended version of an animal control ordinance early Monday evening, angering some and appeasing others.
…As adopted, the ordinance prohibits city residents from owning any dog defined as “vicious” according to Kentucky law, and requires owners of “potentially vicious dogs,” including specific canine breeds, to be registered with the city. Vicious dogs include any dog in the city “that has attacked or attempted to attack a human being or other domestic animal without provocation” and “any dog with a known propensity or tendency, or disposition to attack unprovoked” a human being or domestic animal, or cause injury to property. (more…)
June 13, 2008 at 4:06 pm
· Filed under Breed-Specific Legislation
From the Grant County Press:
“Public outcry over the recent misbehavior of several dogs around town has resulted in a proposed change in Petersburg’s “leash law” ordinance.
The change gives the city the right to seek maximum penalties against owners of certain breeds for first offense violations. (more…)
