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MI: Livingston animal shelter extends adoption time, may drop ‘bully breed' ban
Livingston County, MI: Livingston animal shelter extends adoption time, may drop ‘bully breed’ ban
Posted on March 26, 2010 by http://www.stopbsl.com
Following this news, PETA sent a letter to the editor titled “Rescued pit bulls not family pets.†The letter requests that Livingston County Animal Control continue to kill “bully breed†dogs rather than adopt them out.
http://detnews.com/article/20100315...–may-drop–bully-breed–ban#ixzz0jLHfPk32
Livingston animal shelter extends adoption time, may drop ‘bully breed’ ban
Valerie Olander / The Detroit News
Last Updated: March 15. 2010 1:00AM
Howell — A two-year ban on adopting out stray “bully breeds†at Livingston County Animal Control is expected to be lifted and replaced with a policy that affects only those animals deemed aggressive.
The elimination of the breed-specific policy, which included pit bull terriers and American bulldogs, is one of many changes at the animal shelter, the focus of animal activists, pet owners and taxpayers claiming too many animals have been euthanized.
A fact-finding committee of the Livingston County Commission recommended the ordinance change, which will be presented to the full board today.
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The breed-specific ordinance was adopted in 2008 following the deaths of two people, including a 92-year-old man, by a roaming pack of mixed-breed American bulldogs.
In 2009, 35 of 63 dogs euthanized were “bully breeds,†and fell under the definition of aggressive dogs, she said. Bully breed dogs without collars have four days to be claimed by owners; it is seven days for dogs with collars. That time frame will remain.
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Livingston County, MI: Livingston animal shelter extends adoption time, may drop ‘bully breed’ ban
Posted on March 26, 2010 by http://www.stopbsl.com
Following this news, PETA sent a letter to the editor titled “Rescued pit bulls not family pets.†The letter requests that Livingston County Animal Control continue to kill “bully breed†dogs rather than adopt them out.
http://detnews.com/article/20100315...–may-drop–bully-breed–ban#ixzz0jLHfPk32
Livingston animal shelter extends adoption time, may drop ‘bully breed’ ban
Valerie Olander / The Detroit News
Last Updated: March 15. 2010 1:00AM
Howell — A two-year ban on adopting out stray “bully breeds†at Livingston County Animal Control is expected to be lifted and replaced with a policy that affects only those animals deemed aggressive.
The elimination of the breed-specific policy, which included pit bull terriers and American bulldogs, is one of many changes at the animal shelter, the focus of animal activists, pet owners and taxpayers claiming too many animals have been euthanized.
A fact-finding committee of the Livingston County Commission recommended the ordinance change, which will be presented to the full board today.
[Irrelevant text elided]
The breed-specific ordinance was adopted in 2008 following the deaths of two people, including a 92-year-old man, by a roaming pack of mixed-breed American bulldogs.
In 2009, 35 of 63 dogs euthanized were “bully breeds,†and fell under the definition of aggressive dogs, she said. Bully breed dogs without collars have four days to be claimed by owners; it is seven days for dogs with collars. That time frame will remain.
More from StopBSL.com...