Pit bull-muzzling bill reaches end of chain

Press of Atlantic City;  September 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ......that any local pit bull-muzzling ordinance...by McCullough's bill would have been...Terriers. McCullough's bill had defined a "pit bull" as any dog belonging...municipality to be a pit bull." While it was that...that led to the bill being scrapped...

Pit Bull Crackdown Urged After Attack on Firefighter

The Washington Post;  July 16, 1999 ;     455 words ......on the ownership of pit bull terriers in the city...being knocked down by a pit bull. Council member Carol...spring introduced a bill that would classify all pit bull terriers in the District...dangerous dogs." The bill, which would expand...the dog. Schwartz's ...

Love Your Pit Bull $1,000 Worth?

Albuquerque Journal;  December 15, 2004 ;     626 words ......jail time if their pit bull bites someone. The...gift or acquire a pit bull after July 1 -- unless...Wilson Beffort's "Pit Bull Breeding Ban Act...rescued and adopted a pit bull, said while she applauds...and children, the bill would give people...spaying or ...

LETTERS; Resident concerned about neighbors' pit bull

Sun, The: Batavia (IL);  May 4, 2005 ;     700+ words ......a dog attacked a child. Many times that dog is a pit bull. The owners are usually quoted as saying, "It's never...dog are held accountable in some way. There is a pit bull that lives across the street from me and my family...resident of our block was walking their dog past the pit ...

Pit bull backers on guard for bans: Lawmakers who seek limits can get...

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  February 22, 2006 ;     647 words ......a committee discussed the bill. They cried, threatened and...eventually got Tryon to table the bill Feb. 1. I became Public Enemy No. 1 to the pit bull people, Tryon said. What I...of activists. After Tryon's bill was introduced, the American...230 cities in 32 states have pit ...

Getting a grip on pit bull terror

Chicago Sun-Times;  June 25, 1987 ;     665 words ......tore into a woman's breast in Los Angeles. Another pit bull, dutifully guarding his owner's pot patch, recently...boy in California. Closer to home, someone's pet pit bull went on a rampage at a Southwest Side elementary...When man bites dog, it is. But against a raging pit bull, no ...

Debate continues on pit bull rules.

Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK);  December 31, 2005 ;     315 words ......vicious dogs, particularly pit bull terriers. Cody Yelton's arm...a chain-link fence and four pit bulls in a neighbor's yard...R-Moore, said he plans to file a bill in January to place strict limits on pit bull terriers in the state. He cited...terriers. Wesselhoft said his ...

PIT BULL OR MUTT? UNCERTAINTY OVER BREED HELPS DOG STAY

The Boston Globe;  March 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ......said he's certain Sly is a pit bull, which are outlawed in Winthrop...mail carrier was mauled by a pit bull, a bylaw banning the dogs...not vicious, Sly fits the bill of a pit bull, Moore said. "Sly is a good...no doubt in my mind he's a pit bull. He's got the ...

Woman recalls pit bull mauling her dog

Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  February 16, 2001 ;     478 words ......terrier Gutzie to an attack by a stray pit bull. "The anguish, the pain I felt is...submitted testimony to support Senate bill 643, which would authorize the four...Christmas last year a red, brindle pit bull mauled her 24-pound black terrier...

Police investigate pit bull attack

Naperville Sun, The (IL);  December 12, 2007 ;     269 words ......her pet were allegedly set upon by a year-old, male pit bull terrier. Anders said the pit bull "got out from a fenced-in yard" of a home on the...said the woman "tried to shield her pet from the pit bull, and in doing that, the pit bull wound up jumping on her and bit ...

Pit bull that bit woman will not be euthanized

Naperville Sun, The (IL);  December 14, 2007 ;     281 words ...A pit bull terrier that bit a Naperville woman in the face Monday...expected to be euthanized in the wake of the attack. The pit bull's owner, who lives in the Brookdale neighborhood...officers allowed the man to take the year-old male pit bull home with him following the attack on the ...

Trial in pit bull attack begins

Oakland Tribune;  June 17, 2005 ;     521 words ......call 9-1-1." Now Russell is suing the owners of the pit bull in San Mateo County Superior Court for negligence...an attack on a 66-year-old Rohnert Park woman. The pit bull hysteria has even evoked a call by Sheriff Don Horsley for a ban on pit bull adoptions; he has floated the idea ...

Alexandria Advances Ordinance Targeting Pit Bull Terriers

The Washington Post;  February 19, 1987 ;     700+ words ......response to the growing number of pit bull terrier dog attacks in the city...the present there have been five pit bull attacks in Alexandria," said Christine...remember ever hearing of one by a pit bull," said Mills. American pit bull terriers historically have ...

Pit bull forces way into Hobart home

Post-Tribune (IN);  May 4, 2006 ;     369 words ......his owner's call and ran into the house. But the pit bull ran into the house before the retriever's owner could...owner separated the fighting dogs, but not before the pit bull grabbed her pant leg. A neighbor who had watched the initial attack came into the house, grabbed the pit ...

Pit bull forces its way into Hobart home

Post-Tribune (IN);  May 4, 2006 ;     379 words ......his owner's call and ran into the house. But the pit bull ran into the house before the retriever's owner could...owner separated the fighting dogs, but not before the pit bull grabbed her pant leg. A neighbor who had watched the initial attack came into the house, grabbed the pit ...