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Pit bull legislation

December 23, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Pit bull legislation

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• Alabama mauling: “Emily’s Law” fails to protect public from pit bulls

• WA undoes pit bull bans that protected humans & animals in 27 cities

• Kumpf out, but new bill won’t undo harm he did to Ohio dog law

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• Virginia bars shelters & rescues from hiding dogs’ bite history

• Oklahoma law to curb bogus “service dog” claims likely to flunk first test

• Dog Bite Prevention Week 2018: City of Yakima reaffirms pit bull ban

• Miami pit bull ban update, 2017 edition: “No pit bulls” still means “No pit bulls”

• Springfield may become third city to vote on pit bull ban

• Montreal pit bull ban likely to fall after upset mayoral defeat

• Is ‘Pit Bull Awareness’ becoming mandatory?

• Ideas for non-BSL that might really stop pit bull attacks

• Quebec introduces toughest dangerous dog law in North America

• Miami residents: “No pit bulls” means “No pit bulls”

• Quebec Court of Appeals allows Montreal pit bull ban to take effect

• Judge suspends Montreal pit bull ban enforcement

• Montreal bans pit bulls

• Safety first! by Denis Coderre, Mayor of Montreal

• Attempt to repeal pit bull ban crushed in Colorado

• Losing in Aurora, pit bull advocates set their dogs on us, Blue Buffalo, & Home 4 the Holidays

• U.K. amends Dangerous Dogs Act, but fails to close “Staffordshire” loophole

• Weak dog laws blamed for deaths in Ohio & U.K.

• Dog attacks surge 76% in England in 10 years, coinciding with exemption of Staffordshire pit bulls from the Dangerous Dogs Act

• Anti-BSL Washington legislator Appleton misstates the law

• How the Americans with Disabilities Act has become the “Pit Bull Pushers Act”

• “Punishing the deed” costs twice as much as banning dogs of fighting breed

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• Christmas baby killed by pit bulls because Miami-Dade law is not enforced

• Pit bull attack tests Army will to enforce ban from base housing

• Montreal & province of Quebec set to ban pit bulls

• Pit bull lobby exposed in Quebec as never before

Beth & Merritt Clifton

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