Forty percent of pit bull attack disfigurements not reported? Dog attack fatalities were up in 2020, but disfiguring dog attacks were down? Pit bull attack fatalities rose to the second highest total in a year on record, yet disfiguring pit bull attacks dropped by 62%? How could this be, in view that fatalities are 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 […]