Articles: Breed specific ban
Hoodie with Pit Bull-Type Dog Image Remains Available. What Apology?
Breed specific ban, dogs, human animal bond, Pit Bulls, Steve Dale
I was scolded, “Stop picking on Forever 21, they apologized.” Aside from not finding their apology and not receiving an email to that affect, FAR more important the hoodie with a pit bull looking dog wearing chains and a padlock remains listed on their website as available for purchase. So, even if there was an…
Barking for a Term Limit for Chicago’s Mayor
Breed specific ban, cats, Chicago Animal Care and Control, dogs, Euthanasia, human animal bond, pets, sticky
After Susan Russell was asked to resign (she didn’t so she was fired) from the position of Chicago Animal Care and Control Executive Director, it was clear that her boss, Mayor Rahm Emanuel hasn’t a clue about animal welfare, and doesn’t care. Mayor Rahm never met Susan, a City department chair – never even bothered…
Fatal Dog Attack by Pit Bulls, Is BSL Next?
Breed specific ban, Dog Attack, dog bites, Featured, human animal bond, Pit Bulls, veterinary health
How do you report on the death of a little boy caused by two family dogs? There can be few greater family tragedies. I’ve known about this for some time, but I was waiting. I was waiting for the inevitable, because the dogs involved in the attack were identified as pit bulls. I suspected the…
Pit Bull Ban Passed in Springfield City
Breed specific ban, dog behavior, dogs, Featured, human animal bond, Pit Bulls
In some parts of Missouri, lawmakers are more concerned about dogs that resemble what we call “pit bulls” than they are with shuttering puppy mills and penalizing the operators of those mills. In a highly emotional meeting on October 2, the City Council of Springfield City, Missouri, approved a ban on dogs referred to as…
One Pit Bull Ban Begins, Another Ends
animal cruelty, animal shelters, Breed specific ban, Featured, human animal bond, Pit Bulls
A new ordinance passed in Caraway, Arkansas, and is set to ban dogs called pit bulls. In order to prompt such legislation, there’s often an incident in a community (and apparently more than one incident in Caraway), and a dog called a pit bull is held responsible. So, the response of public officials and some…
Are Pit Bulls Deadly Weapons?
Breed specific ban, dog behavior, dog fighting, dog training, dogs, Featured, Pit Bulls
“Are Pit Bulls Man’s Best Friend Or Deadly Weapons?” is the name of an opinion piece in the Chicago Sun Times. My quandary: Do I write about this story, and give it more attention, or counter? In this case, I choose to counter. The author, Gene Lyons, writes about his two dogs: a Great Pyrenees…
Pit Bull Dog Wins Election, Love Platform
Breed specific ban, dogs, Featured, Pit Bulls
With the country so divided, there’s finally a candidate that isn’t polarizing. A political leader who believes in love. On November 8, the historic town of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, elected a dog. And a pit bull-type dog no less. The dog, named Brynneth Pawltrow, won by more than a nose. Brynneth beat a menagerie of candidates…
Montreal Breed Ban Supported by Court
Breed specific ban, dog behavior, dog bites, dogs, human animal bond, Pit Bulls, Steve Dale
On December 1 the Quebec Court of Appeal overturned the Superior Court’s suspension of the sections of the City of Montreal’s by-law targeting “pit bull type dogs,” while rendering a stay in relation to several concessions made by the City during the appeal hearings . The lifting of the suspension order means that many of…
No Breed Ban In Oak Brook, Perhaps Montreal Will Follow
Breed specific ban, dog behavior, dogs, human animal bond, Pit Bulls, Steve Dale
Illinois is one of several states that actually bans a breed ban against dogs suggested to be pit bulls or for that matter any breed . I KNOW this, as I was there with then Governor Pat Quinn signed that bill into law. Quinn told me, “As long as I am the Governor, I assure…
BSL Now Considered Outside Chicago
Breed specific ban, dog behavior, dog fighting, dogs, Featured, human animal bond, Pit Bulls, Steve Dale
One community enacts a breed ban, and one by one other communities follow, that’s what happened back in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Sometimes expert testimony, and public pressure helped public officials to understand that breed bans weren’t the answer to enhance public safety, and sometimes that effort would fail and breed bans were enacted. Typically,…
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