Sioux City banned new pit bulls in 2008.
Not exact matches
Countywide, people reported 26 bites from pit bulls or pit bull mixes in 2007, the year before
Sioux City Council began discussing its breed
ban.
Sioux City's oft - debated ban has surfaced once again in the headlines after two local dog owners filed suit in August, saying the city's ban is unconstitutio
City's oft - debated
ban has surfaced once again in the headlines after two local dog owners filed suit in August, saying the
city's ban is unconstitutio
city's
ban is unconstitutional.
Sioux City police have gotten fewer reports of dog bites since the
City Council passed a pit bull
ban in 2008, but officials say it's not clear why.
The
Sioux City Council banned pit bulls in 2008 in an effort to make the city sa
City Council
banned pit bulls in 2008 in an effort to make the
city sa
city safer.
Two
Sioux City dog owners want
Sioux City's ordinance
banning pit bulls declared unconstitutional, claiming it violates their right to due process.
Police records show
Sioux City police officers responded to 37 percent fewer dog bites in 2013 than they did in 2007, the year before the breed
ban was passed.
Due to the lawsuit, a representative of
Sioux City's Animal Control declined to offer comment on the
ban or statistics.
SIOUX CITY Two Sioux City dog owners want Sioux City's ordinance banning pit bulls declared unconstitutional, claiming it violates their right to due pro
SIOUX CITY Two
Sioux City dog owners want Sioux City's ordinance banning pit bulls declared unconstitutional, claiming it violates their right to due pro
Sioux City dog owners want
Sioux City's ordinance banning pit bulls declared unconstitutional, claiming it violates their right to due pro
Sioux City's ordinance
banning pit bulls declared unconstitutional, claiming it violates their right to due process.
Sioux City resident Lisa Vaughan, owner of a registered pit bull, said all the
ban did is unfairly target pit bull owners and their dogs, when any dog is capable of attacking people.
Enacted in July 2008,
Sioux City's pit bull
ban prohibits residents from having dogs that are 51 percent or more pit bull.
To some, a drop in the number of dog bites indicates
Sioux City's six - year - old
ban on vicious dogs is working.
Unfortunately, yes, according to
bans on feeding feral or stray cats in dozens of
cities and towns like Britton, Aberdeen and
Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Clermont, Iowa; Ormond Beach, Florida; Portsmouth, Virginia; Stone Harbor, New Jersey; Grand Saline, Texas; and Waukegan, Illinois The Honolulu
City and County Parks Department has banned the feeding of homeless cats in all city pa
City and County Parks Department has
banned the feeding of homeless cats in all
city pa
city parks.
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While there are always more factors that prevent making a 100 % causal relationship between laws and results, passing breed
bans often is followed by increases in dog bites in a community — as has happened in
Sioux City, IA Toronto, Aurora, CO; the United Kingdom, Omaha, NE and many others.