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BSL Not Imminent in Elgin, Illinois, but a Criminal Probe of Councilman John Prigge Should Be
Elgin, Illinois, City Council members this week discussed what to do after an incident in which a 9-year-old boy was apparently pinched by one of two “pit bulls” a week ago today in Elgin’s Festival Park. I say “pinched” because that’s what the Chicago Tribune called it. Interesting that this incident went from…
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More Questions Than Answers
According to the Courier News police blotter, charges have been filed against the owner of two “pit bulls,” one of which bit a 9-year-old boy in Festival Park in Elgin, Illinois, Friday last: Charges in dog bite case: Monday evening, police gave Sonia Torres a notice to appear in court June 15 on ordinance violation…
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I Love the Smell of a Set-Up in the Morning…
Why do I love the smell of a set-up in the morning? Because it makes it easier to expose shady wrongdoings which stink to high heaven. Anyone else getting the feeling that there’s something really rotten in Elgin, Illinois, based on Elgin’s most recent “pit bull” incident? The Courier News made sure…
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Do You Believe in Coincidence? Neither Do We…
Update, June 1, 2010: According to a media report, it appears that the dogs in question were free-roaming through no fault of the owner. The dogs were discovered missing from their cages upon the owner’s return home and there was an apparent hole in the fence. As the owner herself has said, there…
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OK Ohio, the Time has Come!
While we wholeheartedly support the amendment to Ohio’s HB 55 which would remove the designation of “pit bull” as a dangerous breed, we have some serious misgivings about some of the other provisions of the bill like court-ordered psych evals, particularly for minors, who violate certain provisions of the law. As such, we are…
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If Only the Truth Had Such Good PR!
For some reason, the Toledo Free Press yesterday wrote a…well, gosh, I don’t know what to call it. The article — Former dog warden warns: watch out for pit bulls — about former Lucas County (of which Toledo is a part) Dog Warden Tom Skeldon, reads like an apologetic of sorts on the one…
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Other Dog Breeds More Likely to Attack Than “Pit Bulls”
A guest editorialist for the Mansfield, Ohio, newspaper Mansfield News Journal today writes, If the likelihood and frequency to bite is what makes [a dog] vicious, then there are many breeds that should be banned as vicious breeds well before the pit bull [and where the author uses the word “pit bull” it would seem…
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Auburn, California Considers Breed-Specific Restrictions for 5 Breeds Considered to be “Pit Bulls”
6/15/10 update: According to the Auburn Journal, There will be no breed-specific legislation in Auburn. In a three-to-two vote Monday night, Auburn City Council members decided to delete regulations about the mandatory spay and neuter of pitbulls from the citys updated animal ordinance and directed city staff to work to support Safety First, the new…
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Sioux City Councilman’s Hypocrisy is Showing
Editor’s note: Seems Councilman Rochester should have spent less time worrying about everybody else’s dog and focused more on his own. From reason.com: Aaron Rochester, a city councilman in Sioux City, Iowa, who led an effort to get pit bulls banned in the city is now appealing to prevent his own dog from being euthanized…
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How Many Lawyers From the Illinois Municipal League Does It Take to Screw in a Light Bulb?
How many lawyers from the Illinois Municipal League does it take to screw in a light bulb? The answer? Well, the answer doesn’t really matter, because it would seem that the Illinois Municipal League prefers to be in the dark. Read the column Legal Q & A Animal Control: Breed Specific Regulations published by the…