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Australia: Jade Applebee Wins Reprieve for Kerser; Case to be Reconsidered
We first heard about the plight of Kerser, a dog labeled a “pit bull” and ordered to death by Australia’s Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, in March. Under Victorian dangerous dog laws, so-called “pit bulls” are restricted, must be registered, and must adhere to strict containment requirements. Thankfully, Kerser has won a temporary reprieve […]
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Some St. Marys County, MD Residents Use Hysteria, Not Logic in BSL Push
Fresh off their “win” in the embarrassment that was the Tracey v. Solesky kangaroo court ruling in 2012, which deemed so-called “pit bulls” “inherently vicious” via extremely flawed and one-sided information, anti-pit bull protesters of the Avonlea Farm neighborhood in Mechanicsville, Maryland pushed for even more breed-specific legislation (BSL) by lobbying the St. Mary’s Board […]
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Chicago Infant Killed by Neglect, Not Pit Bull
Out of respect, I was going to wait to write about Jah’Niyah White, the adorable 2-year-old Chicago toddler mauled to death by her grandfather’s dog. But since the media didn’t wait to sensationalize the incident, I guess I can’t wait either to put the story straight. Little 2-year-old Jah’Niyah White was fatally mauled […]
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Maryland Pit Bull Advocates Will Take on Tracey v. Solesky Once Again in Coming General Assembly Session
The 2012 Maryland Court of Appeals ruling in Tracey v. Solesky was a perfect example of why it’s not always a good idea for the judiciary to be involved in matters of legislation. In fact, poor rulings which change existing laws or even create new laws are what have come to be derisively known […]
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Canton, Michigan Couple Seek Repeal of Vicious Dog Label for Pit Bulls
Jessica and Marcin Kowalewski have begun lobbying local officials in Canton, Michigan to repeal a provision in Canton’s vicious dog ordinance that declares so-called pit bulls vicious. While the Kowalewskis argue that Canton’s breed-specific law (BSL) is unfair because their bulldog mix Loki is obedience trained, loves children and cats, and is well-behaved on […]
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Garden City, Kansas: Attorney Lobbies to Remove Pit Bulls from Breed-Specific Law
On Tuesday, December 3, 2013, local attorney Luci Douglass lobbied the Garden City, Kansas Commission to remove the breed-specific language that defines pit bulls as vicious from Garden City’s breed-specific law (BSL). Since 2002, Garden City’s ordinance has defined so-called pit bulls — American Pit Bull Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, and American Staffordshire Terriers, […]
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Did Yakima, WA Uphold Its Pit Bull Ban Using Fudged Pit Bull Intake Numbers?
Tell me if you’ve heard this one: How can you tell if a politician is lying? Their lips are moving. How about a Code Enforcement Manager? Because a mere day before Yakima, Washington inexplicably upheld its impotent 26-year old pit bull ban, the Yakima Herald reported that Code Enforcement Manager Joe Caruso’s […]
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Is Purdue’s Alan Beck Pushing BSL Via His Student and Debunked Pit Bull Urban Mythology?
Perhaps you’ve had the same experience, but some of the most clueless people I ever met in my life held Ph.D.s. It’s like they’re idiot savants. They claim to know a lot about one topic, and even that may be suspect, but are ignorant everywhere else. It appears such may be the […]
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Yakima, Washington to Discuss Possible Pit Bull Ban Repeal Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013
As I’ve been writing here, here, and here, Yakima, Washington has for many months now, been considering a repeal of their circa 1987 pit bull ban in favor of a possible update to their existing dangerous dog ordinance. Yet despite all the testimony about the inefficacy of breed-specific legislation (BSL), Yakima’s City Code Enforcement […]
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Ottawa, Kansas Will Conduct Public Hearing Regarding Existing Pit Bull Ban
After wasting an alarming amount of time trying to find Ottawa, Kansas’ existing breed-specific legislation (BSL) on their labyrinth of a city site, here is their existing pit bull ban ordinance under section 3-329 entitled “Pit bulls; keeping prohibited.” It has all the usual garbage you would expect to find from a “model” pit […]