Pit bull legislation • Deaths by pit bull: will new California law slow the mayhem? • Hazel Park undid pit bull bylaw that should have saved 4-year-old • 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 […]
Losing in Aurora, pit bull advocates set their dogs on us, Blue Buffalo, & Home 4 the Holidays
AURORA, Colorado; RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif.––What did pit bull advocates do after losing their attempt to repeal the pit bull ban in Aurora, Colorado, by a 30% margin? They figuratively set their dogs on the messenger, ANIMALS 24-7; others using the messenger service, in particular the Helen Woodward Animal Center in Rancho Santa Fe, California, […]
Attempt to repeal pit bull ban crushed in Colorado
AURORA, Colorado––Advocates for pet, livestock, and human safety in Aurora, Colorado claimed a resounding win with the November 4, 2014 defeat of a well-funded attempt to repeal the nine-year-old Aurora pit bull bylaw. Asked Aurora ballot question 2D, “KEEPING OF PIT BULLS––Shall the people of Aurora adopt an ordinance allowing pit bulls back into their […]
When are alleged fighting dogs not pit bulls?
SEVIERVILLE, Tennessee––When are 50 pit bulls seized from an alleged fighting dog breeding kennel in rural Tennessee not pit bulls? When the Humane Society of the U.S. helps with the bust, writes the press release about it, and distributes it to media nationwide, while pushing the repeal of an Aurora, Colorado ordinance meant to ensure […]
Aurora, Colorado: reject risk-taking pit bull advocates’ attempt to gamble with your lives and the lives of your animals
News analysis by Beth Clifton Holding signs mingling patriotic imagery with silhouettes of pit bulls, displaying ear-to-ear crocodilian grins for media, pit bull advocates on October 11, 2014 gathered near Bicentennial Park in Aurora, Colorado, to urge Aurora voters to repeal an alleged pit bull ban. The “ban,” in effect since October 2005, actually just […]