Sentences with phrase «pit bull ban prohibits»

Enacted in July 2008, Sioux City's pit bull ban prohibits residents from having dogs that are 51 percent or more pit bull.

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Zebrowski, a Pit Bull owner, has put forth a bill that will prohibit landlords from targeting specific breeds and banning them from housing units.

The ban enacted in 2008 prohibited city residents from having dogs that were predominantly pit bulls — defined by code as 51 percent — but allowed them to keep pit bulls they already owned.

One of Mr. O'Connell's attorneys, Jennifer Reba Edwards, commented, «I believe this to be a ban that does not prohibit pit bulls, but one that prohibits, Boxers, Mastiffs, or any other dog who was born with a broad head and well - developed musculature.

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.

The most publicized is a «breed ban,» which prohibits the future ownership and reproduction (breeding) of a specific dog breed, chiefly pit bulls.

The Aurora ban prohibits the ownership of three breeds commonly called pit bulls: the American pit bull terrier, the American Staffordshire terrier, and the Staffordshire bull terrier.

Because of this ban, we regret that we are prohibited from accepting any Pit Bulls, or dogs that APPEAR to be Pit Bulls on Applewoods Dog Training LLC property.

Since 2008 officials have been discussing banning pit bull terrier like dogs, but are unable to do so because California state law prohibits it.