Notice where the “academic support” for BSL comes from in this article.
Defending the pit bull
Crowd protests Elgin’s proposed breed-specific regulations
March 7, 2010
By MIKE DANAHEY mdanahey@stmedianetwork.comELGIN — [M]ore than 50 people, many of them with walking with their pets, marched to show their displeasure with proposed breed-specific regulations that would clamp down on pit bulls….
Some protestors Saturday … said [the plan] might amount to a de facto pit bull ownership ban, which would fly in the face of the state’s law forbidding breed-specific bans….
[Opposition to the breed-specific parts of the proposed ordinance] is shared by the Humane Society of the United States, the Burr Ridge-based Chicago Veterinary Medical Association, and the Schaumburg-based American Veterinary Medical Association….
Still, there is some academic support for efforts such as Elgin’s. Alan Beck, Professor and Director of the Center for the Human-Animal Bond at Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine, feels that, based on data and studies, there is a need for special rules for pit bulls.
Contacted last week, Beck mentioned the Web site dogsbite.org….
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