Nomination of Board Members - Endangered Breeds Association

THE ENDANGERED BREEDS ASSOCIATION
NUMBER 105 * December 2015
SHAKER HEIGHTS, OHIO PIT BULL BAN VOTED DOWN 5-2
SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio -- After five public hearings over four
months for three readings on a proposed pit bull ban, City Council voted it down 5-2 on Tuesday.
This was met with applause from another packed chamber of
about 75 people, most of them opposing the "breed specific"
legislation that they felt should be targeted more at irresponsible
owners.
An alternative proposal offered by pit bull supporters will be considered at a later date. Many of those in the audience brought
paper signs that they held up throughout the meeting, which got
contentious at times.
During the public comment session, one young mother gave a
tearful testimonial for her pit bull, then used the remainder of her
two-minute
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Nomination of Board Members
The Endangered Breeds Association has one vacant
board position. As we've received no nominations I
would like to appoint someone to fill the vacant position. If anyone is interested in serving on the EBA
board please contact me at [email protected] or
816 228-1512.
A note from our Treasurer…..Russ Krohn
A note from the Treasurer
Since the last newsletter, the Beaver State and Heart of Dixie/
Mid-Florida/Georgia (cooperative effort for the ADBA Nationals) APBT clubs have submitted $1/dog donations from their
sanctioned shows – THANK YOU to those clubs!
The EBA accounts balances as of November 30 are as follows:
Checking $19,362.53
Savings (formerly referred to as the CD) - $40,043.24
Russ Krohn
Inside this issue………
Shaker Heights cont….
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Unconstitutional……
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Padi’s Bill Filed…….
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All Across The Nation…..
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Editor’s Note
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Lucy Is A True Hero…….
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Padi’s Bill Passes Committee…. 7
Stood By Injured Owner……
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EBA Board …..
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Membership Application…...
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Memberships expire Dec. 31 unless multi-years are paid.
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Shaker City Council continues…
time limit to show members on the dais a photo of her 15month old daughter hugging their family pet.
In the end, council members decided that enforcement of the
ban would be too difficult, its legality could be challenged, and
that better legislation could probably be drafted, although
Nancy Moore and Tres Roeder still voted in favor of it.
"We will continue our discussion of how best to regulate dogs
in Shaker -- after we take a respite," Mayor Earl Leiken said
once the vote was tallied. "We will come up with legislation
that is acceptable to the members of council, who have individually made up their minds."
fell short and planned to bring a revised version back to council,
after taking a break.
Attending his first meeting, new Shaker Councilman Sean
Malone noted that he was a citizen member of the Safety and
Public Works Committee that forwarded the legislation to council.
The city administration had brought forward the legislation in
the wake of a fatal attack on Annie Williams, 71, of Cleveland,
who was mauled outside a relative's home on Pennington
Road in Shaker on July 12.
But Malone felt that the proposed visual identification of pit bulls
was too arbitrary, subjective, and potentially expensive for the
city in disputed cases, saying the key factor should be irresponsible owners.
Council also heard Tuesday from resident Paul Ford, who
was bitten severely in five different places by a pit bull as he
was out jogging on Scottsdale Road in the fall.
"I think it would also send a message that Shaker is becoming
especially dangerous, which it's not," Malone said, adding that it
would be more effective to report vicious dog attacks.
He supported the ban and urged council to sort through "a lot
of smoke, mirrors and misdirection" that had been presented
in the public forums.
Councilwoman Nancy Moore, who at one point told the crowd to
tone down the catcalls during Leiken's presentation, said the
problem with the existing ordinance is that it only reports vicious
dogs after an attack has taken place.
While she applauded the efforts of the city administration,
Councilwoman Anne Williams said the legislation was "not the
best we can do," adding that the city needs to start with the
enforcement of its existing leash law.
In addition to already having a "breed-neutral" ordinance on
the books, Councilman Earl Williams described a proposed
"grandfather clause" for current pit bull owners in the new
legislation as a mere "band-aid" measure and one of the reasons he voted no.
But Roeder noted that future versions of the legislation could
prove to be more punitive to current owners, adding that he
believed medical and scientific evidence that pit bulls are a
more dangerous breed.
"It's not an administrative decision -- it's council's decision."
Shaker Heights Mayor Earl Leiken
"Would people be safer if we passed this? I believe they
would," Roeder said. "And I hope I have not made an error.
But If I have, I would rather err on the side of safety."
Vice Mayor Julianna Johnston Senturia, who chairs council's
Safety and Public Works Committee, believed the legislation
And in the case of pit bulls, she feels that can be too late.
"We need to revise the law to prevent dog attacks before they
happen," Moore said.
In his 10 years on council, Rob Zimmerman said he had never
seen more communication from the public than with the proposed pit bull ban -- "not for the tax increase, and not when we
were laying off firefighters."
But Zimmerman noted that the City of Cleveland has repealed
its pit bull ban in favor of a breed-neutral ordinance.
"And I don't want to see us join the remaining list of communities" that still have the breed-specific ban, Zimmerman said,
mentioning Garfield Heights, Lakewood, Parma, and Warrensville Heights.
Opponents of the ban cited the stigma and notoriety already
attached to pit pulls.
Resident Chris Ramsay cited a police report from 2012 in which
a father admitted that he had falsely reported that a dog attack
involved a pit bull "because he wanted the police to get there
faster."
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FLORIDA DOG BITE LAW FOUND UNCONSTITUTIONAL
By Dale White, Sarasota Herald Tribune
Published: Thursday, December 17, 2015 at 11:10 a.m.
MANATEE COUNTY - A judge has spared the life of a
dog that severely injured a child by finding a state law
pertaining to dog bite cases unconstitutional, a decision
greeted with cheers by animal advocates as far away as
China and South Africa.
The decision by Circuit Judge Andrew Owens means
Padi, a dog that bit off part of the ear of a 4-year-old
boy, remains in the custody of its owner, Bradenton
veterinarian Paul Gartenberg, and that Manatee County
Animal Services cannot euthanize the pet.
“This is a big win for animals across the board,” Charlie
Britt, Gartenberg’s attorney, said after receiving the 10page ruling Thursday.
Chief Assistant County Attorney Robert Eschenfelder
immediately sent an email instructing Animal Services
“to no longer enforce the statute.”
With Padi timidly behind him, Gartenberg stepped out of
his business, The Pet Clinic, on Thursday afternoon to
express to reporters his gratitude to Owens, Britt and to
thousands of supporters.
“What turned the case around was the social media, the
community outpouring,” Gartenberg
said.
More than 27,000
supporters joined a
“Free Padi” page on
Facebook.com. In
Manatee, the “Free
Padi” slogan could
be seen on T-shirts,
cars and business
signs. A crowd atPadi the 4-year-old Labrador receives
tended a Manatee
County Commission attention from supporters and wellwishers Aug. 15 outside the Manatee
meeting to argue
that the euthanasia County Animal Services facility in
Palmetto.
case should be
dropped. Gartenberg said he received messages of support from people in several
other nations, including England, China and South Africa.
Within moments of Owens’ ruling becoming public, the Facebook
page relayed the message “The wait is over!!! PADI IS FOREVER
FREE!!!”
State Rep. Greg Steube files bill to change Florida's severe
dog bite law in response to Padi case in Bradenton
Sarasota Herald Times
MANATEE -- State Rep. Greg Steube, R-Sarasota, filed
legislation Friday to change a state law that could require
the death of Padi, a 4-year-old Labrador who bit off part
of a child's ear in June in Bradenton.
into custody for a dangerous dog investigation after an incident at Pet
Clinic, 714 60th St. Court E., Bradenton, when the veterinary clinic owner's dog bit a child's left ear when a babysitter was taking care of the
child, according to the incident report.
The statute now says any dog causing severe injury to a
person, which includes injuries resulting in stitches, reconstructive surgery or death, has to be euthanized . No
exceptions are offered.
Accounts agree the child was in owner Paul Gartenberg's private office
throwing toys at Padi, which was under Gartenberg's desk, but differ on
whether the babysitter and Gartenberg's daughter were in the room with
the child when he was bitten. Accounts also differ on whether the child
simply bent over to pick up a toy by the desk when Padi bit him, or if the
child lunged at Padi to get him out from under the desk.
Steube's bill would allow exceptions if the person injured
was unlawfully on the property or abusing the dog or its
owner or the dog was defending a human. If those exceptions apply, a hearing officer could declare the dog
dangerous dog and return it to the owner or return it to
the owner without restrictions, rather than having it euthanized. Those exceptions would not apply if a death
occurred.
"I think it's very important to have due process here,"
Steube said. "It shouldn't be black and white. ... and I
don't think that was the intent of the Legislature when this
law was enacted."
On June 4, Manatee County Animal Services took Padi
Chief Assistant County Attorney Robert Eschenfelder and Gartenberg's
attorney, Charles Britt, filed a joint motion Aug. 14 asking the circuit
court to intervene and rule on the constitutionality of the state law.
Judge Andrew Owens in Sarasota took over the case Tuesday, and
officials have said a decision could take several weeks or months.
If Owens rules the statute unconstitutional, Padi would be released and
the case would be closed.
If Owens upholds the law, Gartenberg could either return Padi's case to
the hearing process or appeal to the Second District Court of Appeal.
Eschenfelder said the county would not appeal if the law is ruled unconstitutional.
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NCSL.ORG
California
CA A 1259
2016
Bees: Apiculture: State-Owned Lands
Status: Enacted - Act No. 380
Date of Last Action:* 09/30/2015 - Enacted
Author: Levine (D)
Topics: Agricultural Products, Agricultural Animals
Summary: Authorizes apiculture on Department of Fish
and Wildlife-managed wildlife areas. Requires the determination of appropriate fee and lease rent. Authorizes the temporary placement of beehives on such areas
without competitive bidding requirements. Authorizes
letting State land for apiary purposes and to lease such
land for less than fair market rent if apiary purposes do
not require exclusive use of the land.
Kansas
KS H 2030
2016
Pet Animal Act
Status: Failed - HOUSE
Date of Last Action:* 1/15/2015
Author: Agriculture and Natural Resources Cmt
Topics:
Summary: Relates to amendments to the Kansas Pet
Animal Act.
Massachusetts
MA H 3266
2016
Commercial Breeder Dog Kennels
Status: Pending - Carryover - Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
Date of Last Action:* 3/27/2015
Author: Ayers (D)
Topics:
Summary: Relates to commercial breeder dog kennels.
New Jersey
NJ S 515
2016
Cat or Dogs Sold in the State
Status: Pending - Carryover - Senate Economic Growth
Committee
Date of Last Action:* 1/14/2014
Author: Holzapfel (R)
Topics:
Summary: Requires health certificate, bill of sale, and
certain breeder information for each cat or dog sold in
the State and such information be made available to
consumers, establishes penalties for violations.
NJ S 1870
2016
Pet Shop Posting Requirements
Status: Enacted - Act No. 2015-7
Date of Last Action:* 02/05/2015 - Enacted
Author: Holzapfel (R) Additional Authors: Van Drew
(D);Pinkin (D);Garcia (D);Fiocchi (R);Eustace
(D);Benson (D);Beck (R);Stack (D);Gordon (D);Bucco AR
(R);Bateman (R);Lesniak (D);Turner (D);Kean T
(R);Rodriguez-Gregg (R)
Topics:
Associated Bills: NJ A 3306 - Identical
Summary: Requires every pet shop offering animals for sale
to post on the cage or enclosure for each animal a sign declaring the date of the birth of the animal, identifier information of the animal, the first and last name of the breeder
and broker of the animal, the name of the owner of the pet
shop, and the USDA inspection reports for prior years for
the breeder and broker, prohibits pet shops from selling or
purchasing an animal from a breeder or broker who is not in
compliance with specified requirements.
NJ A 3306
2016
Pet Purchasing Regulations
Status: Pending - Carryover - ASSEMBLY
Date of Last Action:* 12/15/2014
Author: McGuckin (R) Additional Authors: Benson
(D);Eustace (D);Fiocchi (R);Garcia (D);Pinkin (D);Rodriguez
-Gregg (R)
Topics:
Associated Bills: NJ S 1870 - Identical
Summary: Establishes additional requirements, and penalties for failure to comply, relates to the USDA license number issued to a broker or breeder concerning information to
be provided to persons purchasing cats or dogs from pet
shops or pet dealers, requires posting of breeding information and identifying information on the enclosure for each
animal for sale.
Washington
WA H 1018
2016
Breed Based Dog Regulations
Status: Pending - House Judiciary Committee
Date of Last Action:* 1/12/2015
Author: Appleton (D)
Topics:
Summary: Prevents breed-based dog regulations.
New York
NY A 3997
2016
Backyard Animal Breeding
Status: Pending - Assembly Agriculture Committee
Date of Last Action:* 1/28/2015
Author: Katz (R) Additional Authors: Kolb (R);Tenney
(R);DiPietro D (R);Stec (R)
Topics: Agricultural Animals
Summary: Amends the agriculture and markets law in relation to permitting and regulating backyard animal breeding.
NY A 4540
2016
Nutrition Standards for Competitive Foods
Status: Pending - Assembly Education Committee
Date of Last Action:* 2/3/2015
Author: Clark (D)
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Topics: Agricultural Products
Summary: Relates to establishing nutrition standards for
competitive foods and beverages sold or provided in
public schools.
Oklahoma
OK H 1104
2016
Feral Swine
Status: Pending - Carryover - HOUSE
Date of Last Action:* 3/9/2015
Author: Biggs (R)
Topics: Agricultural Animals
Summary: Relates to feral swine, relates to the Feral
Swine Control Act, requires certain persons to kill all
feral swine upon capture, modifies exception to importing feral swine, specifies license required to transport
feral swine, prohibits the issuing of license after certain
date, prohibits commingling of certain swine, limits time
feral swine may be held at handling facility, prohibits
certain breeding, requires certain feral swine to be individually identified, specifies tagging system.
COMMENTARY FROM YOUR EDITOR……..
NOTE: This is not meant to be a complete listing of all
animal/dog legislation across the country. It is a
sampling only. The EBA encourages you to visit the
webpage of your respective state and county
government legislative pages and search for all bills
and ordinances relating to animal legislation.
You will find a trend in both good and bad dog lawmaking. There is a huge push across our country for
animal abuse registries...not a good thing. There are
more and more who seek additional limitations to dog
ownership such as MD HB 153….not a good thing.
New Jersey isn’t particularly friendly with their proposed laws such as using an animal to cause bodily
injury to another constitutes assault with a deadly
weapon (NJ A 456), and rewritten legislation regarding
dog fighting (NJ A 3037)….not good things.
But when you take a look at CT HB 5361 you will see
there are those doing the good work “concerning the
use of breed of dog as an underwriting fact for homeownership and tenants insurance policies.” And,
don’t miss WA HB 1018 attempting to prevent breedbased dog regulations across the board. (I knew
Washington State was a little piece of heaven!)
If you feel there is important legislation we missed
reporting here, please contact our editor. Thank you
for your continued support of this organization and
our dogs.
REPRESENTATIVE STUEBEN FILES FLORIDA DOG BIT LAW CONT…...
Eschenfelder said even if Steube's bill passes, it will not affect
Padi's case.
"The judge will rule on the law in place as of the date the bite occurred," he said. "The Legislature will be looking to change state
policy to make the law, in Manatee County's and the Volusia
County judge's opinion, more constitutional."
Even though Padi's case would not be affected, Steube said
changes to the law are important for future cases around the state.
Counties have had issues with the clarity of the law before.
"This isn't the first county that this has been an issue with," Steube
said. "But this is the first case widely publicized that has gotten this
kind of attention."
There was a case similar to Padi's in 1999 in Volusia County,
when a person entered a property without knocking after being
warned by the owner not to do so because of a dog on premises
would attack. The dog bit the man on the leg multiple times and
the dog was set to be euthanized.
The Seventh Judicial Circuit Court ruled the law was unconstitutional in that case because it mandated death of the dog,
"regardless of the circumstances that led to the injury," and thus
was a violation of due process. The dog was returned to his
owner.
The owner of the dog in that case argued exceptions under the
dangerous dog statute could be applied to the severe dog bite
statute, which supporters of Padi in Manatee County have also
argued. The Volusia County Court said that was not a valid argument in that case.
The bill was filed for the 2016 session, which begins in January.
The proposed legislation is effective date July 1.
The original state law adopted in 1990 has been amended twice,
most recently in 1994. Language saying dogs causing severe
injury "shall be immediately confiscated ... and thereafter destroyed in an expeditious and humane manner," has remained
the same.
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HERO DOG COMFORTED BY OWNER’S MOM AFTER
SAVING HER FROM STABBING ATTACK
A six-year-old pit bull died on Saturday after saving
her owner's mother from a stabbing attack by an exboyfriend. Adam Wright reports.
A dog is being remembered as a hero following a stabbing
attack Friday.
Lucy, a six-year-old pit bull from Fort Myers, Fla., died Saturday after saving her owner’s mom from a deadly stabbing
attack on Dec.18.
Lisa Potts, the mother of Lucy’s owner, came home on Friday
to find her ex-boyfriend, Walter Williams, inside her apartment. Potts said an argument broke out between the two, with
Williams hitting her. He then proceeded to pull out a knife.
That’s when Lucy intervened.
“Lucy lunged at [Williams] and once she lunged at him he
caught her in the neck, and once he caught her in the neck she
just went [on] biting him – she was still fighting him,” Potts
told Wink News.
The attack from the pit bull was enough to get
Williams to stop but Lucy was injured.
Potts said she ran out of her apartment asking anybody to help her son’s dog.
“Once I got [Lucy] downstairs I just asked someone for a towel and applied much pressure that I
could to it to try to save her life,” Potts said to
Wink News. “I was calling [Lucy’s] name, comforting her, rubbing her head, making sure she
was still alert.”
Lucy died the following day.
“She was a fighter and she did good, she really
did,” Potts said. “If it wasn’t for [Lucy], you
know, he could’ve probably stabbed all of us.”
Williams was taken into custody where he’s being
held on a battery charge.
He didn’t have to do that,” Potts said of Williams,
“[Lucy] was just protecting her family.
According to Wink News, a memorial service
may be held in Lucy’s honour. “She’s gonna be
missed,” said Potts.
REST IN PEACE, LUCY
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PADI’S BILL CLEARS HOUSE COMMITTEE
TALLAHASSEE — The outcry over the fate of a Manatee County dog that was slated for death after
biting a four-year-old boy appears likely to prompt a change in state law.
Legislation that gives dog owners the opportunity to challenge euthanasia decisions in severe dog
bite cases cleared another House committee without opposition Wednesday.
Padi avoided euthanasia after a court case last year. The dog bit a 4-year-old boy, but some witnesses said the boy cornered and provoked the dog. PROVIDED PHOTO
The bill sponsored by state Rep. Greg Steube, R-Sarasota, sprang from the case of a dog named
“Padi” that bit off part of a boy’s ear. The dog’s owner, a veterinarian, said the animal was provoked,
a claim disputed by the boy’s babysitter.
State law currently does not allow dog owners to present legal defenses in cases where an animal
causes severe injury or death and is slated for euthanasia.
“The fate of the dog is determined with finality the moment that the dog inflicts a severe injury or
death, regardless of the reason or circumstances,” according to a House analysis of the law.
A judge in Florida’s 12th Judicial Circuit covering Sarasota, Manatee and DeSoto counties declared
the section of law unconstitutional last month, meaning it does not apply in those counties. But the
law still stands in other parts of Florida.
“This will fix the issue for the state of Florida,” state Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Coral Springs, said in
voting for Steube’s bill Wednesday.
The legislation is ready for a floor vote in the House and has one more committee to clear in the Senate, where it also has been advancing with unanimous support.
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Pit Bull Who Stood By Injured Owner During Fire Is
Getting Kicked Out Of Town
"This shouldn't be happening in America"
Arin GreenwoodAnimal Welfare Editor, The Huffington Post
A pit bull who stood by her injured owner while their house was
on fire is now losing her home -- not to the fire itself, but to a law
prohibiting pit bulls from living in the county.
The fire, which happened early on Wednesday, was at a house
in Landover Hills, Maryland. That's in Prince George's County,
which has a longstanding, much-reviled ban on blocky-headed
dogs.
Firefighters told a local NBC affiliate that the dog stayed calm
even after a a fire extinguisher was thrown at her, to get her out
of the way so that the owner could be retrieved from the burning
house.
Outside, the dog still hung close -- until being taken away by
animal control, along with a rat terrier and a pit bull puppy.
Two people -- a woman and her father whose names haven't
been revealed -- were hurt. Both are expected to recover, according to NBC.
And once they have, the rat terrier will be able to go home.
Because of PG County's breed ban, however, the two pit bulls
must "be taken outside the county," Rodney Taylor, Prince
George's County's animal services facility association director,
told The Huffington Post.
Pit bull bans -- otherwise known as breed specific legislation, or
BSL -- have been denounced by the American Veterinary Medical Association, the American Bar Association, the American
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention and even the White House.
These bans, usually enacted at the city or county level, are
damned as bad for families, problematic for civil liberties, and
expensive to enforce, without increasing public safety
And so for good reason, BSL is on the wane. In January, Utah
became the 19th state to prohibit localities from enacting or enforcing breed specific legislation. Cities around the country have
also been doing away with their pit bull ordinances -- most recently, South Hutchinson, Kansas, and Youngstown, Ohio.
Back in May, Michigan's Hazel Park lifted its pit bull ban in the
wake of public outcry, after a dog credited with saving her owner
from domestic violence was subsequently thrown out of
town. Adrianne Lefkowitz, executive director of the Maryland Dog
Federation, tells HuffPost she and others in the dog advocacy
community hope that this family's terrible loss may spur the end of
Prince George's County's pit bull ban, as well.
"Our hearts are broken for this family because these dogs cannot
be returned to the people they know and love and who love them
back," she said. "This shouldn't be happening in America."
UPDATE: A Prince George's County spokesperson tells The Huffington Post the dogs will be going to live with family, outside of the
county, in an area without breed specific legislation. On Wednesday we reported that a dog stood guarding her injured human
after a house fire. Because she’s a pit bull – which are banned in
the county where she lives – she was confiscated and taken to a
shelter. But now she has a new home with her owner’s sister, so
they’ll still get to see each other.
When firefighters arrived on the scene of the fire at the Landover
Hills, Maryland home, they found a pit bull standing guard over
her unconscious owner, April Newell. The crew knew she was
scared, confused, and feeling protective. She became slightly
aggressive when strangers tried to approach, but was easily
frightened off by the sound of a fire extinguisher.
“She just wanted to protect her mommy, that’s all,” said Megan
Sanchez, Newell’s sister. “And her house.”
Once Newell had been revived, the dog – named Precious –
returned to her side. But Precious, two other dogs, and two turtles were taken to a local shelter when her owner went to the
hospital for treatment.
Because of the breed specific legislation (BSL – dog discrimination) in Prince George’s County, Precious and her puppy Molly
are not allowed to be returned to Newell.
“It hurts so much… and I wish she was right here beside me right
now as I’m talking to you,” Newell tearfully explained to CBS
News.
Thankfully, she will still be able to see her dogs, because her
sister will be taking them in. Sanchez, who already has one dog,
is happy to be bringing in two more.
“I’m glad they survived,” she told NBC Washington. “We’re animal people.”
Though it’s much better than having Precious end up with a
stranger, it’s still heartbreaking to Newell’s son that she won’t be
around anymore.
“It’s sad. I love that dog. I wish I could get her back, but right now
we’ve got bigger fish to fry,” he said, looking at the charred remains of his home.
The family will have their turtles and third dog, who is not a pit
bull, returned to them when they are ready.
Hopefully stories like this will encourage politicians to see that
BSL is indeed discrimination, and that they should not be outlawing all pit bulls based on the behaviors of some who were poorly
raised. Clearly, ones like Precious are the kind of dogs that every
family needs.
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