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Where is that pit bull thread when I need it?

TroutBum said:
We clearly don't know the whole story, but on the surface, those council members should be ashamed of themselves. There are likely smaller under-stories that we're not privy to, but based strictly on that article, I hope the cop sues the **** out of the city.
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They need to specify whether it pertains to all pitbulls or just those that are weaponized. Clearly it makes a difference. Clearly.
 
Bronco70 said:
A pitbull as a service dog? That seems like an odd choice.
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it's a mix, I think less than half pitbull


anyhow, an update - a federal judge has ruled that the town must allow him to keep the dog until the lawsuit is resolved

On Wednesday a federal judge in Sioux City ruled that Sak can keep Snickers at least for now. Sak is suing the city of Aurelia after he says it failed to understand that Snickers has been vital in his recovery after a stroke.

"My wife can't sleep with me because this hand likes to go every which way and with Snickers he lays on it so it doesn't go anywhere and he knows that if he lays on it he's safe," said Sak.

Sak will be able to keep his dog until the lawsuit is over but what's not over is his fight against those who discriminate against animals.

Sak says, "All dogs out there are good. Is the people that own them who turn them bad."

The Animal Farm Foundation helped Sak take action by arguing the city was in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. No word yet on what or when the final ruling will be.
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https://www.kcautv.com/story/16405103/update-judge-rules-in-favor-of
 
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https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/big-...ces-mark-buehrle-family-settle-182451604.html

"Slater" Buehrle, an 18-month-old American Staffordshire terrier, falls under a pitbull ban that has been in place in Miami-Dade County since 1989. That means the Buehrle family didn't have the option of moving anywhere close to the Miami Marlins' new ballpark after Mark signed a four-year, $58 million deal with the team last month.

Mark Buehrle, a dog lover who made headlines when he said he hoped Michael Vick would get hurt, avoided the ban by moving his family to a dog-friendly development in south Broward County. And while he says he wouldn't have signed with the Marlins if there had been no housing alternatives for Slater and the rest of his family, Buehrle still wants to speak up against the injustice of the ban.

From the Miami Herald:


Mark Buehrle believes "it's kind of ridiculous that because of the way a dog looks, people will ban it. Every kind of dog has good and bad, and that depends on the handlers. If you leave a dog outside all the time, it'll be crazy. Slater would never do anything harmful.''

Mark Buehrle grew up with cats, rabbits and fish, but got his first dog with Jamie. They married in 2005 and are spokespeople for Utah-based Best Friends Animal Society, which accepted 22 of Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick's pit bulls.
The Buehrles have three other dogs — Viszlas named Diesel, Drake and Duke — and adopted Slater after Jamie fell in love with him during work with an animal rescue group. Judging from his festive getup in the picture above, he sure doesn't look too menacing.

As a dog lover who has admired Mark and Jamie Buehrle's work with "Sox for Strays" in Chicago, I agree 100 percent with the pitcher's stance. Without getting into a long drawn-out debate on the subject, the danger with pitbulls lies more with the responsibility of its owners and not the breed itself. There's absolutely no reason why a well-trained dog and its family should be discriminated against through government legislation.

The good news, of course, is that at least this tale has a happy ending. Though Slater and the Buehrles were forced to go live elsewhere, perhaps their story will help end a ban that causes a much bigger hardship for other families.

After all, not everyone who moves to Miami-Dade County for a job has the luxury of being able to choose where to live. The awareness the Buehrles are driving could prevent dog owners from having to make a decision they shouldn't have to in the first place.
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Because someone dressed up like it's Gay Pride Day puts a reindeer costume on it? I guess if that were to happen to me, I'd attack as well.
 
SaltyDawg said:
I wonder how cluttered the news would be if it made the paper every time someone got bit by a dog that WASN'T a pit bull.

Seriously, this made the news? Someone got bit by a dog, no serious injuries. Oh, but it was a pit bull so it's something that should be in the paper...
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What's your point?
 
Non-story. The only reason it was written was so the writer could use the words pit and bull in the headline.

In other news, a pitbull growled at someone today. They left the scene before cameras could arrive, but reports say it really scared them and they may have fallen down. Stayed tuned for further updates.
 
SaltyDawg said:
So what makes theirs so special to get written about in the paper?
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An attack by poodles is unremarkable because it never ends in maiming or death. An attack by a pit bull however could end up either or both.

It's like complaining about a robbery story involving guns where a robbery not involving guns goes unnoticed.
 
Scat said:
An attack by poodles is unremarkable because it never ends in maiming or death. An attack by a pit bull however could end up either or both.

It's like complaining about a robbery story involving guns where a robbery not involving guns goes unnoticed.
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If this attack ended in injury or death I could understand your point. But this attack didn't have any serious injuries. So it's really no different than a poodle attack.
 
TroutBum said:
People die every day, yet only the ones who are in serious car accidents, or are murdered appear in the paper. Again, what's your point?
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Not true. Everyone gets an obituary in the paper, no matter how they die.

Even so, maybe we should read more about important news and less about dog bites that don't result in serious injury. The fact that a pit bull did the biting doesn't make it anymore news worthy.

If someone gets killed or seriously injured, okay, that's news. If someone gets bit but not seriously injured, big deal, it happens multiple times every day.
 
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