Sentences with phrase «prohibits breed bans»

Even though California law prohibits breed bans, it allows local agencies to enact breed - specific programs for spaying and neutering to control over-population of a certain breed.

They would prohibit breed bans, such as what exists in the state's 4th largest city of Independence.

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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.

Although Maryland state law already prohibits the sale of dogs and cats bred by illegal «puppy mills,» it does not ban the retail sale of animals bred at large - scale commercial breeding facilities which, many will argue, are merely federally inspected, legal puppy mill operations.

Although the ban on breed specific legislation allows Delaware's dog owners to open their family to any dog they choose, it does not prohibit landlords or property managers from barring certain breeds from housing, an issue that a large number of dog owners face.

Local governments would be prohibited from banning certain dog breeds.

As more and more states prohibit breed discriminatory laws, this would be a huge step back for community safety, and the rights of individuals, as well as starting a potential landslide of even more stringent forms of breed discrimination, such as bans, across the state.

Miami has had a breed ban in place since 1989 which prohibits dogs that look like Slater.

According to the column, there's no law that prohibits requiring tenants to have pets — just as there is no law that prohibits landlords from banning them, or banning certain breeds, or banning dogs over a certain weight.

This year our priority bills include legislation to end wildlife hunting competitions, prohibit breed - specific dog bans, improve shelter standards for livestock, and require the use of non-animal testing methods for consumer products.

Oklahoma state law prohibits municipalities from passing breed 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.

Housing laws and policies that ban pets, prohibit specific breeds, require cats to be declawed or dogs to be debarked or severely restrict pet ownership based on size should be rejected.

• Twenty - two jurisdictions instituted statewide bans on breed - specific legislation (or «BSL») by either prohibiting municipalities from regulating or outlawing certain dogs based on breed alone, or otherwise require proof of a dog's supposed dangerous propensities beyond mere breed: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware *, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington.

From now on, the state's cities and counties are prohibited from enacting or enforcing laws that ban or otherwise regulate dogs based on breed or appearance.

BSL can range from something as mild as a higher licence fee for specific breeds to an all - out ban, including mandatory destruction of any prohibited dog found within the boundaries of the legislating jurisdiction.

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.

Delegate Cheryl Glenn will introduce an amendment to the state's proposed dangerous dog law this week that would prohibit municipalities from banning or regulating dogs based on their breed.