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AG> DANGEROUS DOG LEGISATION:
AG>
AG> COLORADO:  Wellington town board member Sabre Middlekauff wants
AG> to change the pit bull prohibition and the pet limit (3) law.
AG> To add your support and for more info, contact Sabre Middlekauff
AG> at 970-568-9210.
AG>
AG> IDAHO:  March 18th the Governor signed into law House Bill # 472
AG> which defines a vicious dog as "any dog which, when not physically
AG> provoked, physically attacks, wounds, bites, or otherwise injures
AG> any person who is not trespassing."  The bill also established
AG> housing requirements and penalties for violations.
AG>
AG> KENTUCKY: state is considering HB699 which would prohibit any
AG> county or municipality from declaring a specific breed of dog
AG> as vicious or dangerous.  Any such designation must be baed
AG> on the dog's actions.  To add your support and for more info,
AG> call Wayne Caudill at 606-878-6974.
AG>
AG> NEW JERSEY:  In response to a recent horrific dog attack in
AG> Atlantic City, city council members Norrell-Nance, Coursey
AG> and Langford are proposing a breed-specific law,
AG> Ordinance # 5-C, which would establish "an irrefutable
AG> presumption" that "a pit bull is a dangerous dog."  The
AG> second reading of the proposal was to be held on April 8th.
AG> Residents of Atlantic City are needed to oppose this
AG> flagrant example of legislation by breed not deed. For
AG> more information, and to find out what happened, contact
AG> Emily Bershad at 732-462-4677.
AG>
AG> OHIO:  ***************
AG>   AKRON: Despite a packed chamber opposing the breed-specific
AG>   proposal, the City of Akron added Presa Canarios and American
AG>   Bulldogs to its list of dangerous dogs.  However, despite
AG>   the urging of one council member, additional breeds of Argentine
AG>   Dogo, Fila Brasileiro, and Tosa-Ken were not added to the list
AG>   due to lack of evidence that any examples of these breeds
AG>   existed within city limits.  For more info, contact
AG>   Connie Quillen at 330-875-8561.
AG>
AG>   CLEVELAND: Breed-specific proposal has been expanded to prohibit
AG>   Akitas, American Staffordshire Terriers, APBTs, Chow Chows,
AG>   Rottweilers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, and wolf-hybrids.
AG>   The dog fancy in Cleveland, and everyone who wants to retain the
AG>   right to be a responsible owner of the breed of choice, needs
AG>   the support of all Cleveland residents to defeat this proposal.
AG>   For more information, contact Melanie Tierney of Canine Friends
AG>   of Cleveland at 216-581-5195 or 330-425-4567, ext. 3111.
AG>
AG>   The Elyria City Council has been reviewing dangerous dog
AG>   legislation.  As reported in the March 19 >Morning Journal,>
AG>   the mayor, Michael Keys, recently commented that he is
AG>   "unsure which direction Elyria might take when it comes to
AG>   deciding between banning 'vicious animals' or specifically
AG>   targeting pit bulls."  This has not yet been scheduled for
AG>   review by the City Council's Safety and Environmental
AG>   Committee.  For more information, contact Cathy DeCesare,
AG>   at (440) 835-7332.
AG>
AG>   The mayor of LORRAIN has introduced a breed-specific proposal
AG>   counciled after the Cincinnati law.  For more inforation, contact
AG>   Cory Snowgren at 330-393-6118.
AG>
AG>
AG> More to come (Consumer Protection, Breeding restriction,
AG> Other Legislation)
AG>
AG> Avrama & Shomer
AG> avrama@moondog.com
AG>
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