Oak Harbor, WA repeals BSL

If you would like to thank City Council members, you can email cwheeler@oakharbor.org

Previous alerts on Oak Harbor: http://stopbsl.com/?s=oak+harbor

Pit bulls freed from muzzles

By JENNY MANNING
Whidbey News Times Reporter
Nov 06 2009, 3:43 PM

Leeon and Lorriane Stecher can now walk their pit bull-chocolate lab mix, Angel, in Oak Harbor city limits without a muzzle as a result of the City Council’s decision Wednesday night to repeal a breed-specific ordinance that, some say, unfairly discriminated against pit bulls and their owners.

[...] Now the animal control officer will rely on the “Dangerous Dog and Potentially Dangerous Dog” chapter of the animal control ordinance that deals with animals based on behavior, not breed.[...]

Full article retrieved 11/09/09 from http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/whidbey/wnt/news/69420532.html

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