This is in response to the wave of legal action taken by people with disabilities who use pit
bulls as service animals.
We just completed a federal HUD and state of Colorado discrimination lawsuit because because we denied a tenant a pit
bull as a service animal (even though the city of Denver does not allow pit bulls in city limits at all).
Not exact matches
That alone presents
as difficult a problem
as identifying which dog is greater than 50 % pit
bull as the criteria and credentials for
service animals in Colorado is notoriously difficult to pin down.
Since they wanted to leave themselves room to seize dangerous dogs that mandate suggests that
animal control officers «verify... owner's claim that their pit
bull is qualified
as service animal».
On April 5th, 2011, the Director of
Animal Care and Control for Denver mandated that moving forward, officers «will not immediately impound a pit bull that is identified as a service animal by the owner.&
Animal Care and Control for Denver mandated that moving forward, officers «will not immediately impound a pit
bull that is identified
as a
service animal by the owner.&
animal by the owner.»
In 2010, Holly joined Best Friends
Animal Society and currently acts
as director of national programs in the Community Programs and
Services division, where she oversees the pit
bull terrier, cat and puppy mill initiatives
as well
as the No More Homeless Pets Network.
As Memphis Animal Services (MAS) volunteer Jeanne Chancellor makes her way down the aisle in the shelter's stray area, dogs of all shapes and sizes — a dangerously skinny white pit bull, a fuzzy chow chow, a hearty tan lab mix — jump up onto the metal bars of their kennels, tails and tongues wagging, as if they're saying «Take me home with you!&raqu
As Memphis
Animal Services (MAS) volunteer Jeanne Chancellor makes her way down the aisle in the shelter's stray area, dogs of all shapes and sizes — a dangerously skinny white pit
bull, a fuzzy chow chow, a hearty tan lab mix — jump up onto the metal bars of their kennels, tails and tongues wagging,
as if they're saying «Take me home with you!&raqu
as if they're saying «Take me home with you!»
Deputy Director of San Diego County
Animal Services, Dan DeSousa, told the media the dog was an American Staffordshire terrier, a breed more commonly known
as a pit
bull.
Hershey in perspective
As a longtime foster volunteer for Orange Country
Animal Services, I was deeply saddened to learn about the accidental euthanization of Hershey, a pit -
bull terrier that was being held at the facility.
I began formulating a plan for the long term goal of opening a shelter for pit
bulls to rescue them from kill shelters and train them
as service or companion
animals for Veterans.»
It may or may not be illegal to discriminate against a pit
bull if it's officially labeled
as a
service animal.
If a tenant has a
service animal and is referring to that
animal as a «pit
bull» then she or they should have a DNA test done at a cost of 69 dollars and carry it with her.