Browsing Tag breed-specific legislation

In a victory for BSL opponents, the Maryland Senate has passed a bill making dog owners of all breeds, not just Pit Bulls, liable in the event of an attack.

For the first time since it was enacted 23 years ago, voters in Miami-Dade County can end the ban on Pit Bulls.

There’s wicked good news for Massachusetts pets: a new animal control law eliminates breed-specific legislation, gas chambers in shelters and much more.

A leaked video shows Lennox behaving calmly and playfully – a far cry from being an “unpredictable and dangerous dog,” as the Belfast City Council stated after killing him on Wednesday.

A Belfast woman has lost her two-year battle to save the life of her beloved dog, confiscated only because animal wardens determined he was a “Pit Bull type.”

The Belfast City Council wants protection against the negative emails and website comments it’s received about Lennox, a family dog confiscated because he looks like a Pit Bull.

For the first time in nine years, Pit Bulls are welcome in Cincinnati.

Maryland’s highest court has ruled that all Pit Bulls are dangerous and a “strict liability risk” to their owners and landlords.

Lennox, the beloved pet of a Belfast family, has been kept in isolation for nearly two years because he is a “Pit Bull-type” dog.

There’s promising news for Ohio pets: Pit Bulls will no longer automatically be labeled as vicious, and tougher animal abuse penalties are on the horizon.