In animal shelters, some of the hardest pets to place are seniors,
followed by pit bull - type dogs, pets with special needs and adult cats.
Not exact matches
After four year old Ayen Chol was killed
by a dog (characterised as a
Pit Bull, but probably a large cross breed) in August of 2011, Victoria's State Government responded to public outcry and rushed through legislation which made it an offense for an owner to keep a restricted breed dog which not comply with the
following conditions:
Many purebred
Pit Bulls have had their unregistered records kept meticulously within their family for generations, others have fallen out of the process simply due to breeders not
following through with registrations and other
Pit Bulls have been targeted and excluded from registration
by some registries for no other reason than their coat or eye color.
In the three weeks
following those two grisly June incidents in California, more than 300
pit bulls and
pit bull crosses were turned in to the Los Angeles County Animal Care and Control Department, most of them
by owners who no longer wanted the responsibility of keeping them, or who had simply become frightened of their own pet
by the breed's reputation.
To Clay Hundie:
Following are the names of the 36 people murdered
by pit bulls last year: Christina Burleson, Betty Clarke, Kara Haratrich, Klonda Richey, Je \ «vaeh Mayes, Braelynn Coulter, Raymane Robinson, Nancy Newberry, Mia Derouen, Christopher Malone, Dorothy Hamilton, John Harvard, Demonta Collins, Petra Aguirre, Davon Jiggets, Jessica Norman, Kate Morrison, Kasii Haith, Rita Pepe, Holden Garrison, Logan Shepard, Jonathan Quarles Jr., Craig Systma, Cindy Whisman, Joel Chirieleison, Deriah Solem, Javon Dade Jr., David Glass, Alice Payne, Juan Fernandez, Alemeaner Dial, Deanne Coando, Jayla Rodriguez, Bobbie Cheveallier, Rita Ross and Edward Cahill.
Their action
followed a brutal attack on a Palm Bay woman who was mauled
by four
pit bulls.
By the time dogs reach the age of one year, though, their risk of unsuccessful adoption
following relinquishment rises considerably; again, particularly true in
pit bull - like breeds (Lepper, Kass & Hart, 2002).
Since there is no way to know for sure unless you have the pedigree of the dog, we recommend
following the advice offered
by GPBR for any
pit -
bull - type dog (most of our guidelines are, at any rate, simply basic rules of dog ownership).
«This means that, although assessed
by an appropriate expert to be a
pit bull terrier type, he can be returned to his owners,
following court approval with conditions, most of which are mandatory under this legislation,» the council noted in a release sent to The Dodo.
«Dangerous dog breeds» cited
by airlines are usually the
following breeds: American
Pit Bull Terriers (APBTs), American Bullies, American Staffordshire Terriers, Cane Corsos, Dogo Argentinos, Presa Canarios, Fila Brasileiros, and Japanese Tosas.
There were 9 breeds represented, the Labrador retriever was the most common (n = 2, 20 %),
followed by one each of Beagle, Bernese Mountain Dog, Doberman, German Shorthaired Pointer, Mastiff, Newfoundland,
Pit Bull Terrier and West Highland White Terrier.
By contrast,
following Winnipeg's enactment of a breed - neutral dangerous dog law in 2000,
pit bull bites remained low and both Rottweiler and total dog bites decreased significantly (Winnipeg reported bite statistics, 1984 - 2003).
Since there is no way to know for sure unless you have the pedigree of the dog in hand, we recommend the
following guidelines offered
by PBRC (http://pbrc.net), for any type of «
Pit Bull».
All owners, keepers or harborers of licensed
pit bull dogs shall within 10 days of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter present to the city clerk proof that the owner or keeper has procured liability insurance in the amount of at least $ 100,000, covering any damage or injury which may be caused
by such
pit bull dog during the
following 12 - month period.
Since there is no way to know for sure, we recommend
following the advice offered
by PBRC for any
pit bull - type dog.
Pit bull owners, kennel clubs, humane and veterinarian groups often use scare tactics in their fight against breed - specific laws, of which 100 % are targeted at pit bulls, distantly followed by the second top killer in the U.S., rottweilers, at 7
Pit bull owners, kennel clubs, humane and veterinarian groups often use scare tactics in their fight against breed - specific laws, of which 100 % are targeted at
pit bulls, distantly followed by the second top killer in the U.S., rottweilers, at 7
pit bulls, distantly
followed by the second top killer in the U.S., rottweilers, at 7 %.