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There is no grandfather clause in this ordinance. Passage of this ban means all “pit bull”-looking dogs must be removed from the city or euthanized.The ordinance passed first reading with a very tight 3-2 vote. Your voices can make a difference to change minds.
Please attend the City Commission meeting on Tuesday March 3, at 7 [...]
Filed under: BSL Proposed, Ohio | Tagged: ban, breed specific legislation, city council, dog, ordinance, pit bull | 1 Comment »
Edit 5/5/09: This bill has been removed from consideration and is now dead.
HB 189/SB 922 would remove the statewide prohibition against BSL. As the article below points out, the obvious result is that cities across Florida would be free to ban pit bulls.
More information about HB 189/SB 922: http://stopbsl.com/2009/01/23/florida-hb-189-removal-of-statewide-prohibition-against-bsl-now-in-committee/
http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/local/hillsborough/pit_bull_ban_030209
Owning a pit bull could soon be illegal
Cynthia [...]
Filed under: BSL Proposed, Florida | Tagged: ban, breed specific legislation, city, dangerous, legislation, legislature, ordinance, pit bull, statewide | Leave a Comment »
Edit 4/28/09: This bill did not make it through committee and is officially dead.
Update 3/6: This bill is in committee. See http://stopbsl.com/2009/03/06/oregon-hb-2858-bsl-referred-to-consumer-protection-committee/
Oregon politicians are apparently trying to exhaust and distract pit bull owners in an attempt to get BSL passed. Your action is needed yet again in Oregon as BSL is proposed against pit bull owners.
HB 2852, [...]
Filed under: BSL Proposed, Oregon | Tagged: breed specific legislation, Insurance, legislation, legislature, pit bull, statewide | 5 Comments »
As with the bans proposed in Hawaii (still in committee) and New Mexico (dropped), this ban was apparently proposed “on behalf of a constituent” even though the senator claims he does not agree with it.
http://www.kpic.com/news/local/40578707.html
Pit bull bill will go no further, lawmaker says
YouNewsTM
Story Published: Mar 2, 2009 at 6:26 PM PST
By KATU.com Staff
SALEM, Ore. – Proposed [...]
Filed under: BSL Proposed, Oregon | Tagged: ban, dangerous, dog, legislation, legislature, pit bull, statewide | 1 Comment »
Apparently, if you are hospitalized by a dog that is not a pit bull in Denver (and Denver has had six times as many such hospitalizations as Boulder, a larger city without BSL), city officials do not see that as a problem. The call for non-breed-specific laws that might actually increase public safety is seen [...]
Filed under: Colorado, Results of BSL | Tagged: ban, breed specific legislation, dog, ordinance, pit bull | Leave a Comment »
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