Pit bull recovering after being set afire

A young pit bull is recovering at a San Francisco animal hospital after someone set it ablaze Sunday in Bayview-Hunters Point.

Deb Campbell, a spokeswoman for the city’s Animal Care and Control agency, said animal control officers responded to an emergency call shortly after 5 p.m. and found the female dog suffering from burns. The dog had put out the flames — in the process igniting a small grass fire — by running away from her tormenter.

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Research on Pit Bull Dangers

-- Just how dangerous are pit bulls?

The American Temperament Testing Society evaluated 122 dog breeds and found that the American Staffordshire Terrier, a type of pit bull banned in Denver, passed 83.3 percent of the time, just behind the golden retriever (83.6 percent).

The American Canine Foundation calculated rates of human dog-bite fatalities by breed and found that pit bulls bite at a lower rate than many other dogs. The Doberman pinscher was found to bite 10 times as often as a pit bull.

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Pit bull foe joins fight for city ban

Calling pit bulls a severe threat to public safety in cities across America, Denver Assistant City Attorney Kory Nelson has made it a personal crusade to help other communities thinking of banning the dog breed.

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Pit bull owners forced to give up pets or move

Dog wardens will be at some residents' doors prepared to take away pit bulls, which have become a banned breed in this city.

But pit bull owners will have time to find other homes for their beloved pets outside the city.

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Springville tightens pit bull ordinance

Jamie Nelson is one of three Springville residents who owns a pit bull.

She knows this because Springville requires all pit bull owners to register their dogs, saying because the dogs are naturally dangerous, the city needs to keep a closer watch on them.

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Pit bull owner? Ludlow just not for you

No pit bulls allowed.

That's the new law here, unanimously passed by City Council on Thursday.

It means anyone in the city who owns the dogs will have to get rid of them. It includes mixed breeds whose physical characteristics are predominantly those of a pit bull.

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Proposed pit bull ban in Davenport

Davenport leaders are considering a law which would ban pit bulls and related breeds.

Supporters of the ban say it's the best way to put a stop to recent pit bull attacks.

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Leighton takes teeth out of pit bull ordinance

The mayor pulled a proposed ordinance to ban pit bulls from city council's agenda Tuesday. The decision was hailed by pit bull owners, dog club representatives and other opponents.

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Rottweiler, pit bull ban delayed

He had never bitten a soul, his owner said.

Even so, neighbors had complained the dog was aggressive and dangerous. But Madison resident Bonnie Johnson insists that before he died a few weeks ago, her ailing pit bull had never bitten anyone.

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Pit Bull Who Attacked Owner Had Bite History

An Erwin man said he was bitten by the same pit bull who attacked its owner Friday in Angier.

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Pit bull attack reported by boy is false, police say

A pit bull attack reported in Green Bay on Wednesday was false, police said Thursday.

A boy reported being bitten by a pit bull Wednesday in the 1400 block of West Mason Street, but he was actually bitten a German Shepherd when the boy entered an acquaintance’s fenced yard in the 1100 block of Day Street on the city’s east side, according to the Green Bay Police Department.

The boy falsified the report to protect the acquaintance, police said. The dog’s owner told the Green Bay Press-Gazette the boy had been warned to stay out of the yard.

The boy has been cited for making a false report.

Source: Green Bay Press

Irresponsibility fuels tragedy, pit bull advocates argue

The pit bull attacks seem to just keep coming, jarring nerves and leaving Bay Area residents with searing images. . .

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Pit bull fans weary of bad rap

Meet Betty, a 5-year-old American pit bull terrier with a penchant for licking and a talent for winning dog shows.

Betty, her offspring Kitty and a related pit bull named Thor belong to Vallejo breeder Stephanie Davis, who loves her dogs and is tired of the negative attention the breed receives.

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Aurora (Colorado) considers pit bull ban

The City of Aurora (Colorado) is taking its first step toward banning pit bulls. A City Council committee on Wednesday unanimously asked its staff to write an ordinance that would prohibit Aurora residents from owning the breed within city limits.

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Please take the time to get in touch with the Mayor and City Council to educate them on BSL issues! As well as the truth about bully breeds!

Denver pit bull ban draws dog lovers' ire

Within the last month, more than 200 pit bulls have been plucked from the municipal animal shelter and euthanized as the city cracks down on the sometimes-dangerous breed. That has sparked a petition drive to overturn the pit bull ban and fueled a sort of canine underground railroad in which dog lovers secretly ferry the outlawed animals out of town.

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JCC police take sickly pit bull from a back yard

James City police seized a malnourished pit bull Thursday night from a back yard outside an Old Colonial Road home near where two other dogs were found cut earlier this week.

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Pit bull fans lobby hard against limits

Almost everyone is outraged by the recent spate of pit bull attacks on children. Doing something about them is harder, because the only thing more tenacious than a pit bull is the lobby supporting them.

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