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Clay, Alabama Mayor Charles Webster Snubs BSL Compromise; Suggests More BSL
At Monday night’s “work session” the Clay City Council met to continue discussing modification of the Citys breed-specific ordinance that bans pit bulls and other vicious dogs. As it stands now, Clay’s breed-specific law (BSL) will go into effect August 3, 2013 and Clay residents have until that time to register their “pit bulls.”…
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Greenville Mississippi Keeps Existing BSL; Tables Proposed “Pit Bull” Ban
As we reported in a prior post, the Greenville Mississippi City Council considered a rushed proposal to ban “pit bulls” on Tuesday, July 23, 2013. The council ultimately voted to table the “pit bull” ban proposal. Greenville’s existing breed-specific legislation (BSL), however, remains in place. The proposed ban was reportedly met with…
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New Trend? Greenville, Mississippi Sneaks BSL Past Constituents & Dog Lobby
In what one can hardly believe is an accident, the city of Greenville, Mississippi attempted what looks like an end-around of the dog lobby, and even their own constituents, when they added a request for a “pit bull” ban to their city council agenda at the last minute. After perusing the Mississippi Open Meetings…
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Dover, Arkansas Moving Forward with “Pit Bull” Ban
The Dover, Arkansas City Council is moving ahead with their breed-specific ordinance proposal to ban all “breeds” of “pit bull” at their next meeting August 6 at Dover City Hall, 6 p.m. As noted in a prior post about Dover’s BSL proposal, Dovers pit bull ban would include American Pit Bull Terriers, Staffordshire Bull…
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Collins, Mississippi Passes a Breed Ban, but Then Doesn’t? Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off!
On July 3, 2013, it was reported by WDAM NBC channel 7 that Collins, Mississippi had passed a breed-specific ordinance during their July 2, 2013, Board of Aldermen meeting. It was reported that the ordinance banned residents from harboring “pit bulls” and Rottweilers inside the city limits. As noted in the article, Collins…
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BSL not working? Maybe more impotent legislation will help. Not!
Here’s a new trend in some municipalities: Adding to existing breed-specific legislation (BSL) because the existing BSL isn’t working. We saw this with Bluefield, West Virginia. Bluefield recognized its existing breed-specific ordinance wasn’t effective, but instead of repealing the ineffective ordinance, they just went on to ban the prior restricted breeds, which also…
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Dover, Arkansas “Pit Bull” “Breeds” Ban Passes First Reading
Editor’s note: Dover’s “pit bull” ban would include American Pit Bull Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Bull Terriers (which isn’t a breed, at least not according to the AKC who registers them), and American Bulldogs. Does it not follow that if the ordinance has to define four breeds as if they were one…
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Lawsuit Filed in Federal Court against Richland, Mississippi “Pit Bull” Ban
I’ve included the following excerpts from the AP article about the lawsuit and will point-counterpoint address the City of Richland’s ridiculous comments about their breed-specific legislation (BSL), which include long-outdated urban mythology about that non-existent “breed” “pit bull.” From the AP: …The city of Richland, a Jackson suburb of about 7,000 residents, passed an ordinance…
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Annapolis, Missouri Overturns Breed-Specific Ban Thanks to Proper Investigative Journalism
According to Fox News in St. Louis, the town of Annapolis, Missouri, has recently overturned their breed-specific ban allowing a young girl to keep her American Staffordshire Terrier mix-breed dog, “Patches.” Fox began reporting on the unfairness of the breed-specific law back in February and due to their coverage of the 15-year old Annapolis…
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Ashland, Kentucky Appears to be Moving Away from “Pit Bull” Ban
Editor’s note: Now here’s an example of a person, Ms. Akers, who, judging from a prior article, was strongly motivated to push a breed ban. But it appears as if she actually did some homework on the issue and realized, as should everyone at this point, that breed-specific legislation (BSL) in any form is…