Sentences with phrase «dangerous pit bull dogs»

Not exact matches

With that many dangerous, unruly dogs roaming our neighborhoods and streets, if pit bulls were really a public health threat we would be hearing about dog maulings on a daily basis in every city in America.

On a regular basis city and neighborhood governments are looking at passing breed specific laws relating to pit bulls and other dog breeds that are considered to be dangerous or a nuisance.

Some insurance companies even refuse insurance to people who own dangerous dogs such as Pit bulls, Rottweilers and Doberman pinschers.

For instance, say you keep a dangerous dog like pit - bull or doberman pinscher in your house.

When New York photographer and animal advocate Sophie Gamand began photographing rescue Pit Bulls in flower crowns, challenging the public's perception of them as «dangerous» dogs, she had no idea that her Pit Bull...

``... Controlled studies have not identified this breed group [pit bull - type dogs] as disproportionately dangerous.»

In fact, an article in the local paper even quoted a staff member of the SPCA as saying Pit Bulls were a dangerous breed of dog.

Pit bulls are more dangerous than other dogs.

Most of the larger jurisdictions near Lawrence (Topeka, Olathe, Lenexa, Shawnee, Overland Park) have more stringent requirements on dangerous dogs and pit bull dogs.

Pit bulls have earned an unfortunate reputation as dangerous dogs, and some apartment complexes or cities ban these dogs as a dangerous breed.

As has been discussed, the Kansas Supreme Court has upheld Overland Park's ordinance regulating (but not banning) pit bull dogs and dangerous dogs.

In addition, seeing a well mannered dog sets people's mind at ease, especially with breeds of dog thought to be dangerous, such as Doberman, Rottweilers and Pit Bulls.

Pit Bulls, Boxers, and Rottweilers are most commonly discriminated against under the belief that they are dangerous fighting dogs.

They stopped short of making changes to pit bulls, specifically, but the court attorney's office and animal control officials are looking for ways to better protect the public from dangerous dogs.

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard said Thursday the province will probably follow Ontario's lead in outlawing pit bulls and other «dangerous dogs.»

We try to change perceptions of pit bulls in general,» Katz insisted to San Francisco Chronicle columnist C.W. Nevius in January 2013, but she was nonetheless the target of tens of thousands of furious e-mails, Facebook messages, and telephone calls after a San Francisco Police Department Vicious & Dangerous Dog Hearing on August 23, 2014 ordered that a pit bull named Charlie be euthanized for an attack on a U.S. Park Police officer and his horse 17 days earlier.

Adding to the problem is the phenomenon that so many people have become so indoctrinated by the media that «pit bulls» ARE dangerous dogs, and are THE MOST dangerous dogs that if they witness a dog attack or are the victim of one they will automatically assume the dog must be a «pit bull» and will report it as such - because any dog who attacks must necessarily be a «pit bull».

None of the three dogs were, in fact, Pit Bulls, and none of them were dangerous dogs, but because they were visually identified as restricted breeds they lost their lives.

It's not the American Pit Bull Terrier who is dangerous, it's the people who make these dogs dangerous who should be banned and labeled as dangerous.

Let's not compare mosquito bites with shark attacks — Pit Bulls are dangerous dogs, you get bitten once and that's it — especially vulnerable people.

RAY BROWN, former pit bull owner, breeder, dog fighter Pit bulls didn't become dangerous because we fight them; we fight them because the English specifically bred them to be dangeropit bull owner, breeder, dog fighter Pit bulls didn't become dangerous because we fight them; we fight them because the English specifically bred them to be dangeroPit bulls didn't become dangerous because we fight them; we fight them because the English specifically bred them to be dangerous.

Dog attacks surge 76 % in England in 10 years, coinciding with exemption of Staffordshire pit bulls from the Dangerous Dogs Act

Okay, what do you want to call a dangerous dog that looks and acts like a pit bull, took a kids's arm off, but is not a pitbull?

Damn right Pit Bulls are the most dangerous breed of dog EVER.

********************************************************************************************************* The pit bull's unusual breeding history has produced some bizarre behavioral traits, described by The Economist's science editor in an article published a few years ago, at the peak of a heated British controversy over dangerous dogs that saw the pit bull banned in England.

Of those six to eight million, one in four animals surrendered to shelters is a Pit Bull, likely because these dogs are falsely listed as «world's most dangerous breed» by a number of unreliable media outlets.

His city's assertion that «pit bulls are more dangerous than other breeds of dog» has withstood legal challenges, he said.

I totally disagree with this information, I own and have bred Chow Chows since 1985 and I have never had one that was «dangerous» I also run a boarding kennel and have had lots of pit bulls, which in my opinion are very sweet dogs!

Pit bulls are extremely dangerous dogs.

DELTONA - Two dangerous pit bulls that were stolen twice from a Daytona Beach animal shelter while they awaited euthanasia were recovered and destroyed Monday night.Armed with a search warrant, Deltona Animal Control workers and officers from several local law enforcement agencies seized the dogs at 7 p.m. Monday, Deltona Fire Chief Robert Rogers said Tuesday.The dogs - a dark brindle male named Chewie and a white - chested female named Sadie - were found at a Deltona residence and taken to the Halifax Humane Society shelter in Daytona Beach.

The writer didn't make the pit bull or pit ~ bull type dogs the most dangerous breed, humans did that hundreds of years ago by selectively breeding them for bull baiting, ratting, dog fighting and whatever other blood sport put money in their pockets.

The desire to address dangerous animals came about several years ago after a Lake County resident was bitten by a pit bull dog, Swartz said.

The Court also raised the possibility that the City of Montreal had exceeded its powers by providing for the seizure and euthanasia of «pit bull type dogs», without consideration of whether the targeted animals are, in fact, actually dangerous.

In that section the cites included only two articles, «The Plight of a Mauled Postal Carrier, an Attempt to Sue Animal Control and...» and «Pit Bull Owner Lies After Dog is Declared «Dangerous,» Dog Attacks Again».

«It was strictly the decision of the Humane Society not to press charges,» Daytona Beach police Detective Susanne Raines said Friday.The dogs - two pit bulls owned by a Deltona resident - were stolen from the Halifax Humane Society on Oct. 31 and again this month after two judges deemed them dangerous because they killed five neighborhood cats.

With the memory of a 4 - year - old boy mauled to death by pit - bull terrier mixes last year still fresh in their minds, Orange County officials are preparing to overhaul their rules governing dangerous dogs.

A law that took effect Thursday requires dangerous dogs to be sterilized - a move aimed at eliminating pit bulls from France within 10 years.

Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is calling for tougher laws regulating dangerous dogs after three separate attacks by pit bulls and Rottweilers in two days.

The case of a bad guardian turning a good dog into something they were never born to be, pit bulls and other breeds forced into fighting rings have been pigeon - holed into a category of «dangerous» animals that are unfit to be companion animals.

 That is an outdated myth, and when it is repeated as in a case like this, it contributes to tragedy not only for these dogs, but also sends a message to animal control, law enforcement, prosecutors, courts and the public that pit bulls are dangerous because of breeding and should be killed. Â

For a long time now, I have been preaching that pit bulls aren't inherently dangerous dogs.

We've talked before about how BSL (breed specific legislation) only perpetuates perceptions of pit bulls, American bulldogs or other targeted dogs as being dangerous.

Britain has gone even further: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7264620.stm BBC: «Under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 four types of dog are banned: the pit bull terrier, Japanese tosa, dogo Argentino and fila Brasileiro.»

Any dog with any bully characteristic is often falsely lumped in with the Pit Bull thus giving a false perception that the purebred Pit Bull is more dangerous than it really is and skewing stats unfairly against the purebred Pit Bull dog.

Both Lockwood and Fletcher said the public's best protection against attacks from pit bulls and other potentially dangerous breeds is strong «vicious - dog ordinances» that slap owners with hefty fines and, in some cases, criminal penalties.

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».

This is based on the assumption that pit bull heritage dogs are aggressive and dangerous by nature, which is not the case.

Pit bull terrier dogs and puppies are the most frequently and unjustly targeted by breed discriminatory legislation as inherently vicious, aggressive and dangerous, though this is not the case, as shown by research, studies and policies from the National Canine Research Council, the Center for Disease Control and the American Bar Association.

There are dangerous pit bull - type dogs, but there are also dangerous Labrador Retrievers, Poodles, etc..

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