Last night, by a vote of 5-1, Mount Clemons, MI repealed its breed-specific law.
The ordinance had been in place since 2009, but at the time of passing the law, the council had agreed to revisit in in a couple of years. Last night, they repealed the law that made 'pit bulls' automatically "dangerous" and required the dogs to be kept in 6-foot capped kennels and muzzled when outdoors.
From the comments from the majority of the city council members, it sounds like they all get that the dog is the responsibility of the owners and that it's irresponsible dog ownership that is of issue, not specific breeds of dogs.
Mount Clemons was the second breed specific law repeal of the day -- following the erasure of Ohio's statewide law earlier that morning.
There continues to be more momentum for behavior based ordinances and against breed specific ones....here's to hoping the trend continues.
Heres hoping! So nice to see positive strides!
Posted by: PoochesForPeace | February 22, 2012 at 05:27 PM
Mount Clemens ;o)
Posted by: Lori S. | February 23, 2012 at 10:54 AM
Related BSL story from Feb. 24 from Ontario, Canada:
"Ontario MPPs support end to pit bull ban", http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/02/24/ontario-mpp-pitbull-ban-end.html
From StopK9Profiling.com:
"Bill 16 has passed a second reading on February 23rd, 2012
The bill is being sent to committee now and we are one step closer!
With a vote of 51 - 26 we are moving forward! Well done everyone. Keep sending those letters!
Please go to MPP Randy Hillier's site and sign the petition backing the new bill being tabled for the removal of BSL in Ontario..." see http://www.stopk9profiling.com/
(Provincial government in power can stall this in committee, so public support is really needed.)
Thank you.
Posted by: Chris in Ontario | February 24, 2012 at 10:02 PM