Cincinnati Pit Bull Ban Repealed: Breed-specific legislation repealed after nine years

[uppityperson]

http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/blog-3479-cincinnati_pit_bull_ban_repealed.html

Pit bulls can legally put their paws on Cincinnati ground today for the first time in nine years. After a long, arduous battle for dog lovers and Cincinnati animal welfare advocates, success has arrived. Today, Cincinnati City Council voted 8-1 to officially repeal the breed-specific language in Cincinnati's vicious dog ordinance, which previously made ownership of pit bulls within city limits illegal. Read CityBeat's coverage about the old ban here. http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-25237-losing_fight.html

"It's fantastic. It's been a long effort, but we've had some great supporters from all across the country ... that's had an overwhelming affect on Council. Dog owners, of pit bulls or not, have flooded Council with requests to change the law," said Jim Tomaszewski, SPCA Cincinnati trustee and one of the main forces lobbying for the removal of the breed-specific language.

The amendments to Section 701-1-V of the Cincinnati Municipal code completely remove breed-specific terminology, meaning today marks the first day since 2003 in which ownership of pit bulls within Cincinnati city limits is officially legal.

Today, City Council also assigned the following members to the Task Force for the Humane Treatment of Animals, which will recommend future amendments and strategies to further promote responsible animal care and humane animal treatment in city limits:
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[ScreamingMeemie]

1. About time. Responsible dog ownership is what they should be focusing on.

[provis99]

2. I guess that means pit bull attacks will soon go up in Cincinnati.

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. True. Because they had nowhere else to go since the breed was banned.

[uppityperson]

4. Why? Because now they can incorrectly id dogs as omgpitbulls?

[NashvilleLefty]

5. So they finally decided to accept facts

rather than following knee-jerk reactions to bad information?

Good for them!

[uppityperson]

6. Indeed. I am hoping other places follow suit.