Month: June 2013

  • Nevada Passes Law to Prohibit Breed-Specific Legislation

    Nevada Passes Law to Prohibit Breed-Specific Legislation

    From the International Science Times: A Nevada dog breed law [AB 110] will make it illegal to designate a dog as dangerous or malicious simply based on its breed. According to the Reno Gazette-Journal, Governor Brian Sandoval signed the law [May 28, 2013], making Nevada the 14th state to adopt a law banning breed discrimination…

  • Clay, Alabama Passes “Pit Bull” Ban after Free-Roaming Dog Incident

    Clay, Alabama Passes “Pit Bull” Ban after Free-Roaming Dog Incident

    June 5, 2013 update: According to WBRC in Birmingham, Alabama, the Sheriff who was supposedly surrounded by a “pack” of “pit bulls” (and there’s that reference to “packs” again) which is what supposedly brought about the “pit bull” ban in Clay, is now claiming the dogs in question were actually Rottweilers!   Sheriff Mike Hale…

  • Springville, Alabama May Consider Ban on Several Breeds

    Springville, Alabama May Consider Ban on Several Breeds

    Editor’s note: Again, what is a pit bull because pit bull is not a breed?   The slang term pit bull can be used to describe countless actual breeds, their mixes, and lookalikes.   In other words, pit bull is anything you want it to be which is why statistics on pit bulls and so-called…