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Laurel, Mississippi Considers BSL
From the Leader Call: “Laurels 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…
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Little Rock, Arkansas Considers Severe Breed-Specific Strictures
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.” Continue…
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Reading, PA To Consider BSL
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…
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Frostburg, MD Considers BSL
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…
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Head’s Up Oklahoma: BSL Has Been Suggested at Lexington, Oklahoma City Council Meeting
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.”
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“Pit Bull” Saves Girl From Potential Predator of the Human Kind
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…
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Sulphur, Louisiana Considers Breed-Specific Enclosure/Leash Law
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…