Sentences with phrase «enacts pit bull ban»

October 1989, Duval County, FL Frances Fletcher, 73 Fatal pit bull - mix attack Denver County, Colorado enacts pit bull ban.

May 1989, Brazoria County, TX Dustin Webb, 3 Fatal pit bull attack Miami - Dade County, Florida enacts pit bull ban.

February 1984, Montgomery County, TX James Miller, 4 Fatal pit bull attackVillage of Tijeras, New Mexico enacts pit bull ban.

October 1986, Denver County, CO Fernando Salazar, 3 Fatal pit bull attack Cincinnati, Ohio enacts pit bull ban.

Cities of all sizes across the U.S. have enacted pit bull bans from large - sized to small.

For instance, when Council Bluffs, Iowa (population 62,000) enacted a pit bull ban in 2004, the animal control department embraced this method.

This year, Riverside, Ala., a community about 40 miles outside of Birmingham, weighed enacting a pit bull ban after a 5 - year - old boy was fatally mauled by neighbor's pit bull.

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It is enacted against all pit bulls as they all have the genetic DNA propensity to carry out these horrific attacks that are non existent in 99 % of all other breeds, ban the breed and you ban the deed, simple as that.

A number of states or municipalities, recognizing the unique danger pit bull dogs pose to their citizens, have enacted legislation that classify pit bull dogs as vicious, thus enabling them to control or ban this breed's presence in their communities.

Berliner Schnauze («Berlin Muzzle») formed last summer when lawmakers began enacting local ordinances to ban or restrict some breeds after a pit bull killed a 6 - year - old Hamburg boy.

The current bylaw, enacted a year ago, put a ban on any new «pit bull type» dogs entering the city and placed heavy restrictions on those already living there.

The ban enacted in 2008 prohibited city residents from having dogs that were predominantly pit bulls — defined by code as 51 percent — but allowed them to keep pit bulls they already owned.

Enacted in July 2008, Sioux City's pit bull ban prohibits residents from having dogs that are 51 percent or more pit bull.

According to Ingrid Newkirk, a growing number of shelters are enacting policies banning the adoption of pit bulls and requiring their automatic destruction and PETA «supports the pit bull policy.»

Twelve countries in Europe, in addition to Australia, Canada, Ecuador, Malaysia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Singapore, and Venezuela have enacted some sort of breedspecific legislation on pit bull type dogs, including American Pit Bull Terriers, including outright bans to limitations and conditions on ownershpit bull type dogs, including American Pit Bull Terriers, including outright bans to limitations and conditions on ownersbull type dogs, including American Pit Bull Terriers, including outright bans to limitations and conditions on ownershPit Bull Terriers, including outright bans to limitations and conditions on ownersBull Terriers, including outright bans to limitations and conditions on ownership.

This misguided notion has led to harm and heartbreak for thousands of dogs and humans across the country whose cities have enacted bans on Pit Bull - type dogs.

The current bylaw, put into place by former Mayor Denis Coderre and enacted last December, put a ban on any new «pit bull type» dogs entering the city and placed heavy restrictions on those already living there.