Sentences with phrase «overturned pit bull bans»

Since June, at least nine communities in the Midwest have overturned pit bull bans that were on the books.

When city officials picked up on this data, many overturned Pit Bull bans.

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Tillery plans to relocate Diggy in order to comply with the city's breed discrimination laws, but an online petition with over 59,000 signatures is fighting — for Diggy's sake as well as actual pit bulls everywhere — to overturn the decades - old ban.

People have been working hard trying to get Ontario's pit bull ban overturned.

Over the past two years, more than 100 municipalities across the USA have overturned bans and other restrictions that target dogs in the pit bull family, and opposition to BSL comes from sources as diverse as the American Bar Association, animal rescue groups, the Center for Disease Control and even President Barack Obama, who said in August that the laws are largely ineffective while doing nothing to improve public safety, and are often a «waste of public resources».

Over the past two years, more than 100 municipalities across the USA have overturned bans and other restrictions that target dogs in the pit bull family, the generic term commonly used to describe the American pit bull terrier, Staffordshire bull terrier and many mixed - breed dogs with square - shaped heads and bulky builds.

Jeff Borchardt, an East Troy, Wis. - man whose 14 - month - old son, Daxton, was fatally mauled last year by two pit bulls while being cared for by a babysitter, says government leaders should look to the Aurora and Miami examples before overturning bans.

- In 2011, Cleveland overturned its breed discrimination ordinance, bringing an end to the decades - long ban on pit bull adoptions or transfers from Animal Control Services.