Last year, Putnam County, WV passed a law that specifically targeted pit bull-type dogs in their community.
Yesterday, they repealed the ordinance and replaced it with an ordinance that targeted aggressive dogs based on behavior, not on how they look.
"A vicious dog is a vicious dog, regardless of what the breed is," said Commission President Joe Haynes -- who voted against the original ordinance last year.
"Whether a dog is vicious or not should be based on its behavior, rather than its breed. You've got people who have dogs of that breed who are family pets who've never exhibited (aggressive) behavior."
Congrats to the folks in Putnam County who continued to talk to their commissioners, and to the commissioners for listening and eventually getting this right.
awesome... hope more cities, communities and in our case, provinces, follow suit.
Posted by: selkie | May 05, 2010 at 11:00 AM
Wow - that was relatively fast, wasn't it. I hope more places come to their senses as well (and as quickly).
Posted by: Pibble | May 05, 2010 at 01:08 PM