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Animals News tagged with BSL

ACTION ALERT: Tell DeKalb County, GA That Pit Bulls Are Household Pets!!
Animals  (tags: dekalb country, discrimination, household pets ordianance, bsl, pit bulls slaughtered )

Simone
- 7 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
DeKalb County, Georgia's animal control can't adopt Pit Bulls out to their residents because of a a Zoning Ordinance. Over 1,000 Pit Bulls are being killed each year in DeKalb's animal control shelter because of this ordinance.
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END BREED SPECIFIC LEGISLATION IN AUSTRALIA ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, dogs, BSL, Australia, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 35 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
In the wake of a recent dog attack, rather than addressing a flawed system and its need for change, the head of RSPCA Victoria compounded the existing problems with hype, hysteria, and nonsense with this public statement, in which he refers to pit bulls
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BSL - Not Just Pitbulls, Yours Could Be Next! VIDEO
Animals  (tags: BSL, dog breeds, discrimination, laws, animal welfare, authorities, dogs killed )

Simone
- 87 days ago - fortheloveofthedogblog.com
When people think about BSL - Breed specific Legislation, they automatically think "pitbull." Some of the slightly more knowledgable know that it also affects other breeds such as Rottweilers, Dobermen, Akitas, Chow and wolf-hybrids to name a few but
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Eleventh Hour Mercy Plea to Save Death Row Dog Bruce ! PLEASE HELP SAVE THIS DOG!!!!!
Animals  (tags: animals, dogs, BSL, Ireland, euthanasia, death row, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 147 days ago - dogmagazine.net
Dog lovers around the world have reacted in horror to the recent news that the high profile case of pet dog "Bruce" may finally be over as a court orders he be destroyed in a few days time ending an exhaustive twenty one month battle to save him.
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Stop BSL in Oregon ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, dogs, BSL, Oregon, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 208 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The APBT and other breeds are being deemed as "dangerous" mostly everywhere BSL is a big problem.
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Ban BSL, Stop the New Holocaust ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: dogs, bsl, North America, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 248 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Not just pit bulls are falling victim to the ignorant masses who propose to destroy any animal that looks as if it were mean. Rottis, Dobis, ChowChows, Wolf hybrids, Huskies. They are all being banned Throughout North America and the banning only fuels
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Ridgeland, MS Adopts BSL - VIDEO
Animals  (tags: dogs, pit bulls, bsl, breeds, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 251 days ago - fortheloveofthedogblog.com
Ridgeland, MS joined some of its neighbors; Clinton, Richland and Rankin County in adopting breed specific legislation. Pitbulls are now banned in Ridgeland as in Richland. Clinton also bans Rottweilers along with pitbulls and in Rankin Country,
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Love Dogs? Then Ask Your PA Reps to Oppose H 671.- Please Sign PETITION
Animals  (tags: oppose H671, BSL, dog breeds, dangerous dogs, dog welfare, classifying any dog dangerous )

Simone
- 260 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Pennsylvania Representative John T. Galloway (D-140) has proposed H671; an Act which will amend the current dog law and allow individual local governments to classify ANY breed of dog as dangerous. This amendment will put ALL breeds at risk. Most commonlY
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Take Action ! NO on HB2852 !
Animals  (tags: dogs, pit bulls, HB2852, bsl, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, pets )

Cher
- 268 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Breed specific legislation of ANY kind is misguided, unfair and unacceptable. Sign to oppose HB2852 which would require "pit bull" owners to have liability insurance for their dogs.
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Denver's BSL Didn't Kill Them All - Two Death Row Survivors - Where Are They Now? VIDEO
Animals  (tags: dogs, BSL, killed, survivors, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 276 days ago - fortheloveofthedogblog.com
Until Chris McGahey and Forrest, Denver has never failed to kill any dog they deemed a pitbull. Mission Save Forrest ramped things up and shown the hot spotlight on Denver again for their BSL. Forrest, a pitbull that didn't even live in Denver, was on
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PLZ TAKE ACTION:Court Order Issued to Euthanize Seized Dogs- Dogs Killed! Please Help for This NOT to Happen Again.
Animals  (tags: best friends sanctuary, BSL, victims of humans, dog fighting dogs, puppies, killed, judge ruling, animal welfare, animal advocates )

Simone
- 281 days ago - network.bestfriends.org
Please do not let something like this happen again. Residents of North Carolina are urged to contact your state Senator, Representatives, and Senator Stan Bingham to request a redraft of North Carolina Statute NC 67-1 - 4.1 (a)(1). Ask that the law
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BSL Enacted to Target Gangs
Animals  (tags: BSL, dogs, breeds, pit bulls, rottweilers, laws, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, pets, protection )

Cher
- 300 days ago - petloverstips.com
Well, gotta say this is an original reason to enact a law that will discriminate against specific dog breeds. In this case, Lancaster, CA has enacted legislation against pitbulls and Rottweilers in what they say is an anti-gang law.
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Tell PETA That Nice Families Do Adopt Pit Bulls!
Animals  (tags: pit bulls, dogs, breeds, BSL, Peta, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection )

Cher
- 306 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Pit Bulls are victimized everyday. They are victimized by animal abusers, then by the media, then by the public and now by an animal rights organization. That's right PETA support BSL in the hopes that the breeding of Pit Bulls will cease and the breed
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AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB ALERT
Animals  (tags: AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalrights, bsl, dogs, death, endangered, protection, rescued, law, pets )

Natalie
- 324 days ago - akc.org
The American Kennel Club's Government Relations Department is expecting legislation in Montana that will seek to prohibit the ownership, harboring, or keeping of dogs described as "pit bulls." The legislation defines "pit bulls" to include Staffordshire
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Pennsylvania Municipalities Allowed to Pass Their Own BSL?
Animals  (tags: dogs, BSL, Pennsylvania, animals, AnimalWelfare, pets, protection, environment )

Cher
- 545 days ago - petloverstips.com
Looks like owners of bully breeds and any other breed that individual municipalities in Pennsylvania deem to be dangerous, may be facing a serious problem if Representative John Galloway has his way.
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