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Sheboygan, Wisconsin Common Council to Consider Breed-Specific Ordinance Regulating “Pit Bulls”
Editor’s note: Here we have an ordinance regulating American Staffordshire Terriers, Staffordshire Terriers, American Pit Bull Terriers, etc. and yet its author refers to these actual breeds as “pit bulls.” “Pit bull” is not a breed, so does it not follow that if you list actual breeds in a breed-specific ordinance (and their mixes,…
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Topeka, Kansas Repeals Breed-Specific Legislation Citing Its Ineffectiveness
From KSNT 27 in Kansas: Mayor Bill Bunten and eight city council members voted 9-0 to pass an ordinance amending rules regarding animal control and animal cruelty. The new ordinance eliminates breed-specific legislation which banned the ownership, keeping, or harboring of pit bulls that haven’t been licensed with the city. According to dog day afternoon’s…
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Ypsilanti Township, Michigan Considering Mandatory Spay/Neuter Law for “Pit Bulls”
Editor’s note: Please contact the Ypsilanti Township Board of Trustees here and politely inform them that since almost any medium- and large-breed dog (and I guess even Chihuahuas!) can be called a “pit bull,” though “pit bull” is not a breed, that perhaps the Humane Society of Huron Valley’s stats on “pit bulls” might be…
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Sylvan Lake, Michigan Passes “Pit Bull” Ban
From Fox Detroit: Sylvan Lake has become the latest community to ban pit bulls. The new law also puts restrictions on residents who already own pit bulls. …Under the new ordinance, new pit bulls are banned. Existing pit bulls are grandfathered in, but starting October first, yet to be determined restrictions will be in effect…
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Marion, Arkansas to Consider “Pit Bull” Ban
Though there has been no media web article about Marion, Arkansas’ consideration of a “pit bull” ban, there is a petition going around which gives more information. Please politely inform the Marion Mayor and City Council that pit bull is not a breed and that breed-specific legislation (BSL) is ineffective, unenforceable, and unconstitutional.
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Douglasville, Georgia to Consider Restrictions for “Pit Bulls”
Editor’s note: Please politely inform the Douglasville Mayor and City Council that “pit bull” is not a breed and that breed-specific legislation (BSL) is ineffective, unenforceable, and unconstitutional. From the Times-Georgian: The city councils consideration of a proposal that would regulate ownership of pit bulls drew lively discussion during its Sept. 2 Public Safety Committee…
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Kirksville, Missouri Councilwoman Still Believes Long-Debunked ‘Locking-Jaws’ Urban Myth
March 25, 2011 update: Unfortunately, BSL passed in Kirksville. While our thanks go to Mayor Kuhns for voting against BSL, the rest of the Council appears to have been hellbent on ignoring the overwhelming evidence of the inefficacy of breed-specific legislation, instead subscribing to the hysteria, skewed statistics, and junk science of the opposition.…
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Can So-Called “Pit Bulls” Get a Fair Shake from the Media?
Editor’s note: Soon after publishing this post, I was watching America’s Funniest Home Videos and there was a clip of an overly-exuberant Golden Retriever who knocked a child down and excitedly licked the child’s face and kept bopping at the child with his nose. The audience of course roared with laughter. What’s the…
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Kirksville, Missouri to Consider “Pit Bull” Ban
March 25, 2011 update: Unfortunately, BSL passed in Kirksville. While our thanks go to Mayor Kuhns for voting against BSL, the rest of the Council appears to have been hellbent on ignoring the overwhelming evidence of the inefficacy of breed-specific legislation, instead subscribing to the hysteria, skewed statistics, and junk science of the opposition.…