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Lonoke, Arkansas Has Proposed “Pitbull” Ban
The Lonoke, Arkansas City Council has proposed a breed-specific ordinance which you can read about here. Please contact the following city officials and register your opposition to any breed-specific measures that the city council may attempt to pass:
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Wisdom From Across the Pond
According to K9 Magazine, “What the victim[s] of [dog attacks] fail…to realise is that, if every dog capable of inflicting a bite on a human was destroyed, we would have no dogs left/Every dog is capable of an attack, but no dog just “turns” or “goes for someone”. Dogs are not capable of unprovoked aggression,…
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Texas Action Alert! Oppose SB 349
From Responsible Pet Owners Alliance, the reasonable voice regarding animal issues in Texas. Responsible Pet Owners Alliance is an animal welfare organization, not “animal rights” and, yes, there is a difference. Permission granted to crosspost. Senate Bill 349 by Ellis has been assigned to the Criminal Justice Committee; “Relating to the regulation of dangerous pets…
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Texas Action Alert! Oppose SB 405
From Responsible Pet Owners Alliance (TX-RPOA), the reasonable voice regarding animal issues in Texas. Responsible Pet Owners Alliance is an animal welfare organization, not “animal rights” and, yes, there is a difference. Permission granted to crosspost. Oppose Senate Bill 405 by Wentworth relating to the regulation of dogs; creating an offense. Bill text may be…
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San Fran Suit Against Bully Mandatory Spay/Neuter Thrown Out
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, “A federal judge has dismissed most of a lawsuit challenging San Francisco’s ordinance that requires sterilization of pit bulls, but kept alive a claim on behalf of disabled people who need the dogs to help them get around.” The viable part of the lawsuit that alleged that San Francisco’s…
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S.W.A.T. Stands for “Shooting Without A Thought”
We recently speculated that it wouldn’t be long before a police officer, in his haste to shoot a “pitbull” or some other dog the officer believed to be hostile, would shoot a person. We didn’t think it would happen as quickly as a few days however. An officer in Paterson, New Jersey, in an attempt…
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What You Should Know if You Make Contributions to PETA
Penn and Teller show us where contributions to PETA really go. Click here to see the video (Contains language and images you may find graphic). “Our goal is total animal liberation.” — Ingrid Newkirk, President of PETA.
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Assistant Dog Warden Guilty of Willful Deception of “Pitbull” Owner Resulting in Dog’s Euthanization
An assistant dog warden in Seneca County, Ohio pled guilty to “theft in office” for willfully misleading the owner of a “pitbull” so that the assistant dog warden could euthanize the dog. When the owner of the “pitbull” came to the dog warden’s office in March 2006 to see if his dog (who had a…