July 30th, 2007 by Editor
From the Leader Call:
“Laurel’s administration and some city council members are beginning the steps to possibly ban pit bulls within the city limits.
After researching bans within other cities, including Richland and Clinton in Mississippi, administration officials have rewritten the animal control ordinance. The city council began debate on the issue during a public safety committee meeting. The issue will soon go before the entire Laurel City Council.” Read the rest of this entry »
July 26th, 2007 by Editor
From todaysthv.com:
“The City of Little Rock is considering putting restrictions on Pit Bulls rather than banning the breed.
The Little Rock Pit Bull Committee gave its recommendations on restrictions to the Little Rock Animal Services Advisory Board Wednesday night. The advisory board discusses them before they go to the city council for consideration.”
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July 23rd, 2007 by Editor
From PennLive.com:
“A spate of pit bull attacks may lead [Reading] to impose restrictions on owners of the breed beginning next year.
Reading has tallied 32 dog bites this year, about 60 percent of them by pit bulls, according to the Humane Society.
A city ordinance requires restrictions on a breed in the year after more than 30 dog bites occur and a particular breed is responsible for more than 40 percent of them. Owners would have to keep pets muzzled and on chain leashes when outdoors and would have to get a $500 permit for nonsterilized dogs.”
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Please contact the Reading City Council and politely inform them that the 32 dog bites they recorded last year could not have been from “pit bulls” since no such breed exists. The slang term “pit bull” can describe at least 20 actual breeds of dog and their mixes. Also the designation “pit bull” has been ruled time and again in a court of law to be unconstitutionally vague.
July 22nd, 2007 by Editor
From the Cumberland Times-News:
“Numerous pit bull owners and their supporters attended the Frostburg mayor and council meeting Thursday, opposing any ordinance that would prohibit ownership of the breed in the Mountain City.
At the request of Public Safety Commissioner John Ralston, city officials began public discussion about potential regulation of dangerous or vicious breeds of dogs. No restrictions have yet been proposed. Read the rest of this entry »
July 11th, 2007 by Editor
According to Channel 9′s NewsOK.com:
“…the [Lexington, Oklahoma] council discussed an ordinance that would ban pit bull terriers from the city’s limits. The council was concerned about the legality of an ordinance that would ban a specific breed and decided to check with other cities and lawmakers.”
July 7th, 2007 by Editor
From the New York Daily News:
“A barking pit bull and an alert neighbor scared off a sex predator in Queens after the pervert lured a girl into a backyard by promising to show her worms, police and witnesses said yesterday.
“Mommy! Daddy!” the 7-year-old girl screamed, as she fought off her attacker between two garages about 7:45 p.m. Friday. “Help me!”
Her cries for help startled a dog on the other side of a fence. Bleu, a mixed pit bull, began barking incessantly, which brought his owner, Heather Beckles, to the window.”
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July 4th, 2007 by Editor
From KATC.com:
“Pit bull owners, breeders and groomers in Sulphur appeared at special city council meeting to speak out against an ordinance.
The ordinance, presented in a public hearing and tabled until the regular meeting August 13th, would require all pit bulls in the city to be confined in kennels when not accompanied by their owners or on a leash.” Read the rest of this entry »
