Sentences with phrase «local pit bull bans»

Undoing local Pit Bull bans.

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The film takes an intimate look at the truth behind these laws and the effect they have on local communities, following Lakewood (a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio) as city council proposes and eventually passes a ban on «pit bulls,» citing the state law as one of their primary reasons.

In April 2008, the Springfield - Greene County Health Department released data to a local TV station — following the City of Springfield's adoption of a 2006 pit bull ban:

Dogs like the pit bull have a bloody track record, but their owners — not the dogs — should be the focus of local and state laws, a national expert on canine attacks said Saturday.Randall Lockwood, director of higher education programs for the Humane Society of the United States, frowns on legislation that bans breeds like the pit bull but supports laws that penalize owners for not taking precautions with aggressive animals.

The Florida Legislature passed a law preventing local governments from banning specific dog breeds in 1990, but lawmakers left intact Miami - Dade County's ban on pit bulls.

I guide grassroots organizations and advocates in passing local ordinances that protect companion animals, specifically in the issue areas of declawing, pit bull terriers, Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR), retail pet sale bans, and tethering.

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.

While Pit Bulls are amazing family pets, be sure to check your local legislation before adopting one as they are unfortunately banned in quite a few cities across the United States!

3) Breaking down the numbers on last night's lost vote in Miami - Dade — Miami - Dade has one of the longest - standing bans on pit bulls in this country, and local officials took the issue to a vote in August to see if the ban should stay.

After reading the results of your survey regarding a pit bull ban («Ban pit bulls or blame owners,» Local, June 25), I did a little research.

Russ also worked to organize a program to stop local governments from passing pit bull bans.

More significantly, after pit bull advocates won legislation in 19 states prohibiting the passage of breed - specific local dangerous dog ordinances, victim advocates have mobilized on campaign budgets of nothing to stop the passage of similar laws in at least six other states, as well as defeating aggressive efforts to repeal pit bull bans by ballot initiative in Miami in 2012 and Aurora, Colorado in 2014, winning the 2016 passage of a pit bull ban in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and obtaining the introduction of a proposed pit bull ban throughout Quebec province.

If pit bulls are banned in your area, contact your local lawmakers and encourage others to do so.

The advocacy group commissioned its own phone survey using a local survey company, and talked to 555 people at a total cost of just $ 350 (just 3 % of the cost endured by taxpayers) and found that 65 % of respondents opposed the ban on pit bulls, while only 29 % were in favor.

Most other pit bull bans are much more local in nature (a city or county, for example) and someone can avoid the city or simply drive by it or stay in a nearby area.