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Elgin, Illinois Mayor, Councilmen Insist on Ineffective Nanny Legislation Despite Repeated Attempts to Educate Them
The following comes to us from our eyes and ears on the ground in Elgin, Illinois concerning yesterday’s Animal Control ordinance proposal: It’s a little bit peculiar that not even a month after Elgin, Illinois Councilman John Prigge took his councilman spot in April 2009 that he was pushing breed-specific legislation (BSL) in an attempt…
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Elyria, Ohio to Consider “Pit Bull” Ban
From Fox 8: Calls to the Elyria Police Department about pit bulls have become fairly common. Now the city is researching a ban on the breed.
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Ortonville, Michigan to Consider “Pit Bull” Ban
From TheCitizenOnline.com: …At the village council meeting July 27, several residents spoke out regarding pit bulls running loose in the village and menacing them, their children, and their pets.
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White County, Tennessee to Take Up “Pit Bull” Ban Issue Next Month
From NewsChannel5.com: The sheriff in White County demanded a ban of pit bulls after a string of attacks and confrontations by dogs belonging to alleged law violators.
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Elkhart, Indiana Considers Restrictions for “Pit Bulls” Including Possibly a Ban
From WSBT channel 2: A dog attack is prompting Elkhart City leaders to consider increasing requirements and possibly even banning pit bulls…It happened as the city was already looking to tighten its animal control ordinance.
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West Columbia, Texas Wants to Ban Rottweilers and “Pit Bulls” in Defiance of State Prohibition of BSL
From TheFacts.com: City Council already has decided it wants to ban rottweilers and pit bulls from the city limits, but it has not decided what to do with animals already there as family pets.
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Glidden, Iowa to Consider Regulating “Pit Bulls”
From the Daily Times Herald: The Glidden City Council is considering stiffening a vicious-animal ordinance to include a breed-specific provision regulating pit bulls.
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Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Mayor May Petition State Legislature to Enact BSL on State Level
From the Times Leader: Mayor Tom Leighton said the city will do whatever it can to prevent dangerous dog attacks.
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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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Letter Sent by Elgin Resident to the Elgin, Illinois City Council Regarding BSL
Editor’s note: Following is a letter sent by an Elgin resident to the Elgin, Illinois Mayor and City Council regarding their intent to propose breed-specific legislation (BSL). The Elgin resident was originally corresponding with Councilman John Prigge, who it sounds like is in support of BSL, but the letter was sent to the whole…