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The West Lafayette voted unanimously to draft a resolution banning pit bulls from the city:
The action came after several recent incidents within Coshocton County involving pit bulls or pit bull breeds, including at least three in West Lafayette this summer.
Not only would the ordinance keep the dogs from living within the village, it would ban dog owners from outside the village from bringing such dogs into the village to walk them. The ordinance will cover dogs with more than 1 percent pit bull bloodline.
Breed specific legislation does not work. Note the arbitrary criteria (more than one percent?). Additionally:
County Commissioner Kathy Thompson attended the meeting and provided council with her take on pit bulls.
“The pit bull situation is really bad,” Thompson said. “Nobody is following the rules that are in place and there are a lot more dog bites. Unfortunately, it takes some sort of incident before anything can be done. It’s definitely a problem and I don’t see it going away.”
And you think that someone disinclined to follow existing rules will follow the new rules? Try prosecuting people who violate existing dog laws.
August 25th, 2004 at 8:34 am
My son has the silly notion that he can make money by suing municipalities over rights violations. I’m sure he’d love to find a pedigreed dog which looks like it has 1% pit and try to entrap them.