Sentences with phrase «family dog seized»

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Her dog Excalibur was seized, killed and incinerated days after she was diagnosed after officials hastily pronounced him a health risk — despite no evidence the dog had the disease, and over the objections of family members and protesters.

The injunction would require the County to immediately stop seizing innocent dogs from their homes and families and condemning them to death simply because of how they look.

In Prince George's County, Maryland, where Pit Bull Terriers are banned, the Animal Management Division reports that 80 percent of the approximately 500 to 600 animals seized and killed by animal control every year under the ban are «nice, family dogs» (Taylor, 2009).

Bonner Springs council members are considering changes to the city's ordinance regulating pit bulls after a family's dog was seized.

A dog who was seized by animal control in Ireland for looking like a bully breed was only returned to his family after more than 300,000 people signed a petition begging for his release.

A dog named Hank was given a similar reprieve last week, after he was seized from his family in Belfast, Northern Ireland - but not before an online petition garnered 300,000 signatures around the world.