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Pawtucket, Rhode Island Defiant in Maintaining BSL; “Pit Bull” Owner Plans to Sue
Writing about Boston and how they were forced to repeal their breed-specific legislation (BSL) after the state passed a law prohibiting breed-specific laws made me wonder why Pawtucket, Rhode Island hasn’t also had to repeal its BSL after Rhode Island likewise passed a law prohibiting breed-specific laws. In fact, Boston and Pawtucket have both…
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Boston: Abusive “pit bull” owners and breeders increase, as do maulings. Can’t they make the correlation?
Yesterday the Boston Herald reported that “pit bull” maulings are on the increase in Boston since Massachusetts prohibited breed-specific legislation (BSL) in 2012, thereby, in effect, repealing Boston’s 2004 “pit bull” ban. The article referred to the state BSL prohibition as “an animal-rights bill” that “nullified Bostons 2004 pit bull ordinance.” No, the…
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Rhode Island’s HB 5671 Prohibiting Breed-Specific Legislation Statewide Has Been Signed into Law by Governor!
Rhode Island’s HB 5671 prohibiting breed-specific legislation statewide in Rhode Island has been signed into law by Governor Lincoln Chafee. Congratulations to the dog lobby in Rhode Island! [google-map-v3 width=”350″ height=”350″ zoom=”12″ maptype=”roadmap” mapalign=”center” directionhint=”false” language=”default” poweredby=”false” maptypecontrol=”true” pancontrol=”true” zoomcontrol=”true” scalecontrol=”true” streetviewcontrol=”true” scrollwheelcontrol=”false” draggable=”true” tiltfourtyfive=”false” addmarkermashupbubble=”false” addmarkermashupbubble=”false” addmarkerlist=”Rhode Island{}4-default.png{}Rhode Islands HB 5671…
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Rhode Island’s HB 5671 Prohibiting Breed-Specific Legislation Passes, Goes to Governor’s Desk
Rhode Island HB 5671, which prohibits municipalities in Rhode Island from passing ordinances specific to breeds of dog (and cats), has passed! According to WPRI, The sponsors of the legislation say that some breeds of dogs, such as pit bulls, have a bad reputation. But they say that no breed of dog is inherently…