Sentences with phrase «pit bull ban adopted»
In the monthly city newsletter, In Touch, published in September 2006, the City of Salina reported that the pit bull ban adopted in 2005 significantly reduced pit bull biting incidents in just a 12 month period.
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Governments that have adopted BSL — such as the Montreal City Council, led by Mayor Denis Coderre — target specific breeds (primarily «pit bull - type» dogs) by imposing restrictions on owners or simply banning them outright.
While the ban is suspended indefinitely, pit bull owners are free to walk their dogs un-muzzled, they are free to play in off - leash parks, and, best of all, the dogs currently in shelters and rescue are free to be adopted into loving homes.
In a November 2011, public health statistics published by Global Toronto showed that pit bull bites dropped dramatically after Ontario adopted the Dog Owners Liability Act in 2005, an act that banned pit bulls:
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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!
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The commission had voted earlier this year to repeal a ban on pit bulls adopted in the early 1990s.
PETA's (Ingrid Newkirk's) position that «pit bulls» in shelters, and the breeds and its mixes in general, should be euthanized, banned, and no longer bred, is tied to their (her) assertion that there are plenty of shelter dogs waiting to be adopted, so people can just select some other kind of dog or lovable mutt when bullies no longer exist.
In that ruling the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals struck down Oklahoma City's policy of not adopting out pit bulls, saying it violated the state's ban on breed discrimination.
After Aurora, Colorado adopted its pit bull ban ordinance in 2005, attacks by pit bulls decreased 73 % (as of March 2014).
* Please also note: At this time we are unable to adopt out dogs to anyone living in Prince George's County due to current Breed Specific Legislation banning Pit Bulls.
Under the ban - which loosely covers American pit bull terriers, American Staffordshire terriers and Staffordshire bull terriers - no dog considered a pit bull can be adopted from Montreal shelters.