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Pit bull legislation

December 23, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Pit bull legislation •  Bans on pit bulls & backyard chickens survive repeal votes in Winnipeg •  How often are pit bull ban repeals followed by fatal & disfiguring attacks? • “Stand your ground” fails in both iguana case & pit bull attacks • Three pit bull-related deaths in three days ended April 2021 • […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Laws & politics, Population control, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Aurora, Blue Buffalo, Daxton's Friends, Jeff Borchardt, Merritt Clifton, Sherry Appleton

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

November 7, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

34,284 voters, or 35%, favored repealing the pit bull ban; 62,953, or 65%, upheld the ban. 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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Middle Left, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Aurora, Blue Buffalo, Helen Woodward Animal Center, Mike Arms

Attempt to repeal pit bull ban crushed in Colorado

November 5, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Nearly 68% of Aurora voters endorsed pit bull ban 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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Laws & politics, USA Tagged With: Aurora, Daxton's Friends, Dogsbite.org, Jeff Borchardt, Merritt Clifton

When are alleged fighting dogs not pit bulls?

October 22, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

When the Humane Society of the U.S. sends the media release 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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Laws & politics, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Aurora, HSUS, Merritt Clifton, Sevierville

Aurora, Colorado: reject risk-taking pit bull advocates’ attempt to gamble with your lives and the lives of your animals

October 14, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Opinion, Opinions & Letters Tagged With: Aurora, Beth Clifton, Emily Ruckle, Gregg Jones, Xavier Benavidez

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