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San Fransisco passes new spay/neuter laws for pit bulls
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San Fransisco passes new spay/neuter laws for pit bulls
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SAN FRANCISCO - City supervisors passed new laws requiring spaying and neutering of pit bulls on Tuesday, five months after the fatal mauling of a 12-year-old boy by his family's pit bulls.
It was the latest move in the contentious debate about how to regulate pit bulls after the death of Nicholas Faibish in June.
"This will serve as a model for other cities in how to responsibly craft laws and policies that deal with dog aggression," said Supervisor Bevan Dufty, who wrote the laws. "We needed to do something."
Dufty said that over the next two to three years, the rules will reduce the number of pit bulls in the hands of irresponsible owners.
The ordinances also require city permits to breed pit bulls and prohibit owners of pit bulls or pit bull mixes from retrieving impounded dogs unless the animals are sterilized.
Owners who refuse to spaying or neutering would face fines of up to $1,000. Breeders of show dogs recognized by a kennel club would be exempt. The ordinances are scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1.
The rules were passed as a group of dog owners is collecting signatures in an effort to overturn a recently passed state law that allows cities and counties to enact "breed specific" ordinances.
The group must collect more than 300,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot, by next November at the earliest.
Dawn Capp, the attorney leading the effort, called San Francisco's measure rushed and predicted a legal challenge.
"It's not a surprise — they had their minds made up way back when," said Capp, adding that bad legislation "has far outnumbered dog bites in the history of humanity."
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Re: San Fransisco passes new spay/neuter laws for pit bulls
hmmmmmmm.... i think we should ALL have strict spay/nueter laws on ALL breeds. EVERY dog except those intended for show and therefore bredding should be fixed.
And after the dog becomes champion and finishes his title and is bred for th last time he too should be fixed.
wht a dream world im living in.,
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| Posted 11/16/05 12:26 PM |
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Re: San Fransisco passes new spay/neuter laws for pit bulls
Posted by Lolita4Life
hmmmmmmm.... i think we should ALL have strict spay/nueter laws on ALL breeds. EVERY dog except those intended for show and therefore bredding should be fixed.
And after the dog becomes champion and finishes his title and is bred for th last time he too should be fixed.
wht a dream world im living in.,
i know, and i agree. but its a step in the right direction. 
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| Posted 11/16/05 1:47 PM |
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Re: San Fransisco passes new spay/neuter laws for pit bulls
Posted by Lolita4Life
hmmmmmmm.... i think we should ALL have strict spay/nueter laws on ALL breeds. EVERY dog except those intended for show and therefore bredding should be fixed.
And after the dog becomes champion and finishes his title and is bred for th last time he too should be fixed.
wht a dream world im living in.,
I totally agree!!! Unfortunatley, it is only a pipedream!!!
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| Posted 11/19/05 5:01 PM |
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