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Bloomer, Wisconsin Repeals Pit Bull Ban, Passes Pit Bull Restrictions
After Bloomer, Wisconsin repealed the portion of their Pit Bulls and Other Dangerous Animals ordinance (7-1-9) that banned pit bulls on Wednesday, October 9, 2013, the city council on Wednesday, November 14, 2013, passed new restrictions for so-called pit bulls within the city allowing owners to have them if they followed the following restrictions. …
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Disabled Man Sues Miami-Dade County, Florida over Pit Bull Service Dog
Felix Conde, a resident of Aventura, Florida in the county of Miami-Dade, has filed a lawsuit to challenge Miami-Dade County’s 24-year-old pit bull ban. Passed in 1989, Miami-Dade’s breed-specific legislation (BSL) prohibits so-called pit bulls within the county, no exceptions, not even for service dogs. Mr. Conde suffers from a breathing ailment that…
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Springdale, Arkansas Opinion Editorialist Ponders Pit Bulls, BSL, and What’s in a Name
While Springdale, Arkansas is poised to consider breed-specific legislation (BSL), opinion editorialist Richard Drake in his piece “Springdale: Dont ban pit bulls – ban morons, instead” opined about his dread at not only reading about a so-called pit bull named Damian who mauled a Peke-a-poo named Chewie to death on Nov. 4, but also about…
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Springdale, Arkansas Pursues Breed Ban, Yet Has Dog Containment Problem
Springdale, Arkansas is again considering breed-specific legislation (BSL), a pit bull ban, as they did in 2010, and 2007. With places like Dardanelle, Dover, Garland County, Caddo Valley, West Memphis, and Marion, Arkansas, who have passed BSL or considered it, perhaps Springdale thinks it will be in good company. Yes, indeed, notice that…
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Yakima, Washington Will Consider Pit Bull Ban Repeal
After months of lobbying by animal advocates, the Yakima, Washington City Council will, on Tuesday, November 12, 2013, hold a study session to consider repealing Yakima’s 26-year-old pit bull ban. In lieu of the long-standing breed-specific legislation (BSL), it is hoped that Yakima will consider a dangerous dog (owner) law instead. Yakima has,…
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Ringsted, Iowa to Vote on Pit Bull Ban Ordinance November 11, 2013
According to the Cedar Valley Pit Bull Rescue, the tiny town of Ringsted, Iowa, population a little over 400, has had two readings of a breed-specific legislation (BSL) proposal that would ban pit bulls from the city of Ringsted. Monday, November 11, 2013, the Ringsted City Council will vote on the pit bull ban…
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Dardanelle, Arkansas Passes Profiling Pit Bull Ban?
Like so many of its neighbors, Dardanelle, Arkansas may have had an underlying agenda in passing breed-specific legislation (BSL) on Monday, November 4, 2013, when all but one of its council members voted to pass a pit bull ban. In communities attempting to “revitalize,” city councils often pass BSL in an attempt to rid…
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Waunakee, Wisconsin Reverses Pit Bull Ban
Last month, Waunakee, Wisconsin decided to revisit their long-standing pit bull ban after Waunakee resident Kelly Lappen was cited for harboring a banned breed and Lappen considered legal action against the city. Monday night, November 4, 2013, Waunakee’s village trustees unanimously decided to remove the circa 1988 breed-specific legislation (BSL) pertaining to so-called pit…
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Dover, Arkansas Inexplicably Passes Antiquated “Pit Bull” Ban
When the leader of the free world comes out against breed-specific legislation (BSL) saying it is wholly ineffective based on research from the CDC, what excuse do communities still have for proposing and passing archaic, passé, impotent breed-specific bans? Yet Dover, Arkansas passed a “pit bull” ban October 8, 2013, even though hundreds from…
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Prince George’s County, Maryland “Pit Bull” Owner Gets Service Dog Back Despite County BSL
Daniella Guglieimi, a woman with partial paralysis due to childhood polio, was told earlier this year that she had two days to remove her service dog, Storm, a “pit bull,” from Prince George’s County, Maryland, as Guglieimi was supposedly violating the County’s “pit bull” ban. Last week the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County ruled…