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From the Leesville Daily Leader: The town council of New Llano voted unanimously (3-0) at its regular meeting Tuesday to ban all pitbull dogs within the corporate limits of the town, effective immediately. The ordinance prohibits Staffordshire Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers, American Pitbull Terriers, and dogs that have the “appearance and characteristics of being…

Yesterday, well known “pit bull” hater, and misogynist apparently, Phil Luciano opened his big, fat head and let Peorians, et al, into another one of his brilliant harangues.   This time, he didn’t just denigrate “pit bulls,” but also their female owners/defenders, and misogynistically apparently.   He must have been taking a page from the…

From the Chicago Sun-Times: Early one morning last week, Stephanie Smith and her dog Lokey, who was sleeping by her side, were awakened by a loud boom outside their apartment building. Smith, 31, jumped out of bed, but Lokey, a 50-pound female pitbull mix, beat her to the open door and bolted into the hallway…

From KY3 in Springfield, Missouri: The city of Springfield is considering revamping its vicious animal ordinance, to include all breeds of dogs.   A task force could make some recommendations to the City Council this year. Right now, pit bull owners definitely have to jump through the most hoops to own that dog — like…

From the Daily Tribune: The city will not ban any breed of dogs, but it will adopt new regulations for pet owners in an attempt to reduce the number of bites and vicious dog reports, which totaled 32 in 2012. Opponents of breed-specific legislation barraged city officials with information about the inaccuracies of judging a…

March 19, 2013 update: HB 621 and its amendment have been withdrawn by their sponsor Rep. Brenda Gilmore and will not be considered going forward. From WBIR NBC channel 10 in Knoxville: Reporter’s note:   The original version of this story below provides links to House Bill 621, but those online documents at the Capitol…

From the Arizona Republic: Goodyear police said a man who fell from a bridge Wednesday and severely broke his back before officers found him lying face down and unresponsive had a fuzzy guardian angel looking over his shoulder ” his pit bull-mix named Ace. …The man, who is in his 20s, was laying face down…

CBS THV channel 11 in Little Rock reports that, The city council is considering banning pit bulls after the Animal Control Commission presented a report showing pit bulls were responsible for 57 percent of the city’s 28 dog bites last year. Around half of the reported dog bites happened at the homes where the dogs…

March 27, 2013 update: Well I have to hand it to Bluefield city officials for being pretty sneaky.   After the initial uproar over Bluefield proposing an out-and-out ban on “pit bulls” in addition to their existing BSL which isn’t working, Bluefield took the breed ban measure off their city council agenda.   It looks…

From the Register-Mail: After a 7-year-old boy [Ryan Maxwell] was fatally attacked by a family friends pit bull, city officials and area legislators have talked about reforming laws on dangerous dogs to prevent further attacks. With a ban on a specific breed of dog out of the question, political leaders might find it difficult to…