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Wichita, Kansas May Consider BSL/MSN and Mandatory Microchipping
From Kansas.com: Wichita’s animal control officials say they’re still struggling with aggressive and stray pit bulls despite a “dangerous dogs” law approved in 2007. A year’s worth of experience with the law has led officials to return to the City Council next Tuesday with options that include a pit bull ban, new breed-specific restrictions or…
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Washington D.C. Councilman to Propose Breed-Specific Ordinance….Again
From The DC Examiner: Year after year, Ward 1 D.C. Councilman Jim Graham has seen his attempt to ban fireworks fizzle, his try to bar pit bulls chewed up by colleagues. But hes back at it in 2009. …”Ive introduced the pit bull legislation every session, and I am continuing in that determined pattern,” he…
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Montana Breed-Specific Legislation to be Considered Thursday, Jan 22
From the AKC: Montana House Bill 191“which, with little exception, seeks to prohibit the ownership, harboring, or keeping of dogs described as “pit bulls”“is scheduled for consideration by the House Local Government Committee on Thursday, January 22, at 3PM, in room 172 of the capitol building, 1301 East Sixth Avenue in Helena. The American Kennel…
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Thomas County, Georgia May Consider Breed Ban for “Pit Bulls”
From WALB News: “Last week in Thomasville 5-year-old Cheyenne Peppers was killed when three family pit bulls mauled her to death in her own back yard.
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Castalia, Iowa Considers a Breed Ban for “Pit Bulls” and Breed Restrictions for ONE “Pit Bull”
From The Decorah Newspaper: An ordinance banning pit bulls, except for those currently in town, is being considered by the Castalia City Council. Monday night, the Council scheduled a public hearing on the ordinance that prohibits the dogs, or regulates the ownership of those dogs located within Castalia before the adoption of the ordinance. The…