Browsing Tag breed-specific legislation

Breed bans are currently against the law in California, but Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich wants the state to start enforcing them.

Legislators in Maryland – the only U.S. state to enforce statewide BSL – were unable to reach a compromise on two similar bills that would stop labeling all Pit Bulls as being inherently dangerous.

A product called “Pitbull Defense Maximum Strength Pepper Spray” has been sold by some Walgreens stores, and thousands of animal lovers aren’t happy about it.

The Sikeston, Mo., humane society and city officials have conflicting news about whether the small town’s roundup of Pit Bulls will continue.

On Wednesday, animal control officers in Sikeston, Mo., began a door-to-door “audit” of pet Pit Bulls, and any dogs that happened to look like Pit Bulls.

Pit Bull dog dad Mark Buehrle, the star pitcher for the Miami Marlins who was traded this week to the Toronto Blue Jays, is dogged by breed bans.

Jon and Kate Gosselin are feuding over whether or not their children should be around Pit Bulls.

National Pit Bull Awareness Day on Oct. 27 is intended to bring positive attention to this much-maligned breed.

Today’s Blog Action Day theme is “The Power of We.” Here’s how the online dog advocates community united to raise awareness about the ineffectiveness of breed-specific legislation (BSL).

On Aug. 14 Miami-Dade County voted not to repeal its Pit Bull ban, and the Maryland General Assembly deadlocked on removing language from a bill that calls all Pit Bulls “inherently dangerous.”