Colorado goes to the dogs DENVER, Colorado; LINCOLN, Nebraska; BERKELEY, California––Democratic challenger Joe Biden narrowly led Republican incumbent Donald Trump at 1:45, Pacific time, on November 4, 2020. The three major ballot issues and one mayoral race directly involving animals appeared to have ended, however, with a win for pit bulls in Denver, a […]
Denver votes on pit bull ban that has prevented fatal attacks since 1989
Wolves are also on the ballot DENVER, Colorado––Just a week before Denver voters cast ballots on whether to repeal the city’s 31-year-old ban on pit bulls and on whether to restore wolves to Colorado, the dog attack getting most local media attention involves neither a pit bull, nor a wolf dog, nor even a […]
Denver pit bull ban repeal vetoed by mayor Michael B. Hancock
Veto followed four days of consultation, including with medical experts DENVER––Mayor Michael B. Hancock on February 14, 2020 vetoed the repeal of the 30-year-old Denver ban on pit bulls engineered by council member Chris Herndon on February 10, 2020. The veto was upheld on February 24, 2020. The Hancock veto handed an unexpected Valentine to […]
Denver repeals pit bull ban on night that pit bulls kill two people
Ink dried in Denver before the tears in Chicago, Los Angeles, & Tampa DENVER, CHICAGO, LOS ANGELES, TAMPA––Pit bulls made news in four major U.S. cities on the night of February 10, 2020. In Plainfield, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, 25-year-old Devin J. White died from severe bites to his arms inflicted two nights earlier by […]