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A> LEGISLATIVE UPDATE (AUGUST)
A>
A> DANGEROUS DOG LEGISLATION:
A>
A> MASSACHUSETTS:  New Bedford is still considering an amendment to its
A> existing breed-specific dog law.  The amendment would extend the leg-
A> islation to cover Rottis as well as 'pit bulls.'  Local dog fanciers
A> and the MassFed (of dog clubs) are working together to defeat this
A> legislation.  The Canine Legislation department of the AKC has
A> sent testimony, materials, and correspondence to local officials
A> to help oppose the measure.
A>
A> TAUTON: The proposed ordinance requiring Dobes, Rottis, and "pit bulls"
A> to be muzzled when in public still remains in th Ordinance Committee.
A>
A> NEW MEXICO:  Officials in LOS LUNAS have put a proposed breed-specific
A> dangerous dog law on hold for the next few months. Instead they are
A> mailing a survey to all city residents to get their views on the
A> city's animal control problems.  Once the surveys are returned and the
A> tabulated, the Director of Animal Control plans to implement an
A> animal advisory board to go over the results and make recommendations
A> to improve existing local laws.
A>
A> NEW YORK STATE: The Long Island Coalition of Dog Fanciers and the
A> Canine Legislation Dept. have secured the long-awaited passage of
A> the New York State Dangerous Dog bills--Assembly Bill 3028 and
A> Senate Bill 4749.  (The Coalition had been working with Assembly-
A> woman Connelly on this legislation for years, and it has finally
A> passed out of committee and passed the Assembly and Senate.)
A>
A> As passed, the bill defines a dangerous dog as "any dog which without
A> justification attacks a person and causes physical injury or death
A> or poses a serious and unjustified imminent threat of harm to one
A> or more persons."  Furthermore, a preemption clause prohibits local
A> breed-specific ordinances!  (The bill does not officially become
A> law until Gov. Pataki signs it.  He has 13 days from the day he
A> receives it to sign it into law.)  [New Yorkers: please write to
A> Pataki and urge signing of the bill.]
A>
A> NYC: As a result of many recent bite incidents, New York City
A> officials and members of the local media have begun discussing
A> dangerous dog legislation.  Members of the Guiliani administra-
A> tion (he has either a Golden or a Lab), the City Housing
A> Authority, and several City Council members have all made
A> public comments on dangerous dog control.  Articles have
A> appeared in the Daily News, the New York Post, Newsday,
A> and even a shocking editorial in the Sunday, July 20th New York
A> Times, advocating breed-specific legislation and elimination
A> of pets in federally funded housing.
A>
A>    In 1991, with the support of the AKC, UKC, area purebred dog
A>    clubs, and local fanciers, NYC passed an excellent,
A>    non-discriminatory dangerous dog control law.  This law
A>    calls for the establishment of a Dangerous Dog Advisory
A>    Board made up of five members from the animal community,
A>    and was supposed to meet several times each year to make
A>    recommendations to the city about enforcement of this
A>    legislation.  Unfortunately, officials of the Giuliani
A>    administration have not yet followed through with imple-
A>    mentation of the Board, and many of the provisions of
A>    the law are not being enforced.  Al Cheaure', president
A>    of the AKC, has been in contact with the Mayor's office
A>    to urge enforcement of the 1991 legislation and to
A>    volunteer the AKC's services on the Dangerous Dog Advisory
A>    Board.
A>
A>    ANYONE LIVING IN THE FIVE BOROUGHS SHOULD CONTACT THE
A>    MAYOR URGING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ADVISORY BOARD.
A>    (For contact information so you or your club can
A>    write to Mayor Giuliani, please call 1-800-AKC-TELL.)
A>
A> Avrama & Shomer
A> avrama@moondog.com
A>
A>
A>
A> ... nfx v2.7 [C0000] Responsible dog ownership or no ownership!
A>

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