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Galesburg, Illinois Not Seeking Breed-Specific Ordinance but Adding to Existing Vicious Dog Law is Looking at the Wrong End of Leash
From the Register-Mail: After a 7-year-old boy [Ryan Maxwell] was fatally attacked by a family friends pit bull, city officials and area legislators have talked about reforming laws on dangerous dogs to prevent further attacks. With a ban on a specific breed of dog out of the question, political leaders might find it difficult to…
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Merritt Clifton, Gun Grabbers, and Doggy Killers Exploit the Dead for Their Selfish Ends
You know it’s been hard enough watching the doggy killers and the gun grabbers repeatedly muddling “pit bull” ownership and gun ownership — like Gary Stein of the Sun-Sentinel did just this week when he advocated for breed-specific laws and gun control, as one alderman did in Watertown, Wisconsin when they were considering a “pit…
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New Jersey “Pit Bull” Finds Alzheimer’s Patient Lost in the Woods
From WABC-TV in New York: A pit bull came to the rescue of a woman with Alzheimer’s who had gotten lost and fell down in the snow. “So we were standing about here when I heard the sticks cracking,” said Cara Jones, dog owner. It was late and dark and Cara Jones couldn’t figure out…
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Fairfield, Maine Grandmother Credits “Pit Bull” for Rescue from Strangulation
From the Maine Morning Sentinel: A woman accused of trying to strangle her 79-year-old mother with a rope this week has a history of mental health problems, illegal gun possession and violent behavior. Fairfield police arrested Bonny Lou Buzzell, 48, and charged her with aggravated assault and assault Monday. She is in Somerset County Jail.…
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Is the Sun-Sentinel’s Gary Stein Advocating for Hitlerian Gun Control and Radical Animal Rightism?
March 10, 2013 update: In response to a torrent of responses to Mr. Stein’s ridiculous opinion piece last week (and of course the publicity he and the Sun-Sentinel were looking for on the backs of “pit bulls” and their owners whom Stein had maligned, which serves to generate ad revenue), Mr. Stein unapologetically wrote another…
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South Dakota “pit bull” protects wayward toddler; that’s why they call them the ‘Nanny Dog’
From the UPI: A South Dakota toddler who went missing from his back yard was found safe, police said, adding he was protected by his pet pit bull. The boy, 3, and his dog went missing Monday from his yard in Custer, the Rapid City Journal reported. His mother told police that while she was…