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Posts tagged "breed specific legislation"

Exterminating Pit Bulls in Memphis?

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“Kill all Pit Bulls, or anything that looks like a Pit Bull” is that really a direct order in Memphis? And they admit not putting many individual Pit Bulls, if at all, up for adoption. What the h*** is wrong with them?
By Steve Dale,
February 15, 2012 at 12:46 pm
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Pit Bull Mix or Not, Judge Orders Service Dog Returned to Jim Sak

Pit Bull Mix or Not, Judge Orders Service Dog Returned to Jim Sak
I have no clue what the issues are in Aurelia, Iowa, a town of about 1,100 people. I am confident that the town  wasted time and money which could have been better spent, maybe on improving services for children, helping citizens in need or enhancing their new community center – instead they spent resources taking... Read more »
By Steve Dale,
December 28, 2011 at 7:12 pm
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WGN Radio Petcast: Breed Ban in Illinois Could Be Overturned, Vick Dog Adopter Tries to Talk with Vick

My WGN Radio PETCAST: Listen HERE It was at WGN radio several years ago, that I worked with lots of folks to support an Illinois law which prevents breed bans. After some recent “incidents” with Pit Bulls downstate, Illinois Representative John Bradley (117tth district) has proposed that the Illinois law prohibiting breed bans should be... Read more »
By Steve Dale,
March 5, 2011 at 12:44 pm
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Illinois Considers Lifting A Ban on Breed Specific Legislation

Illinois State Representative John Bradley wants to take away the right to have the dog of our choice, remove the right to rescue Pit Bulls (saving lives and euthanaisia dollars). Illinois State Representative John Bradley, who looks like a good guy here and probably is, says on his home page he wants to protect our... Read more »
By Steve Dale,
February 22, 2011 at 8:51 am
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Behaviorist Karen Overall Calls Pit Bulls 'Incredibly Gentle Dogs'

     Veterinary behaviorist Dr. Karen Overall, center for Neurobiology and Behavior University of Pennsylvania,  talks about social structure of dogs, dominance myth, training methods and myths and about Pit Bulls. “So much of what dogs are doing is asking for information – by using force as a tool, you are showing them that you are... Read more »
By Steve Dale,
October 5, 2010 at 9:42 pm
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All Pit Bulls Are Presumed Dangerous in Elgin

Under a new ordinance in Elgin, all Pit Bulls are presumed to be dangerous dogs. That’s outrageous! Shame on Eligin, Illilnois. Apparently, if a Pit Bull named Lassie rescues a little boy or Pit Bull works at a nursing home as an animal assisted therapy dog, the Pit Bull is still dangerous. Of course, all... Read more »
By Steve Dale,
February 26, 2010 at 8:41 pm
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Where Pit Bulls Are Banned, Dog Bites Rise

Breed Specific Bans have done nothing to lessen dog bites in Norfolk, England. In fact, the number of people requiring hospital treatment for dog bites has increased by almost a third since the breed bans went into affect. Clearly, the breed bans didn’t do what they were supposed to.   One public official described the... Read more »
By Steve Dale,
January 4, 2010 at 3:14 pm
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