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New Hope Pit Bull Rescue endeavors to be a "go to" organization for breed information, education, and rehabilitation of pit bulls in need. Check us out!

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3 stars shelia

MY brother has a male pit bull pup 9 moths old my brother is sick and can not take care of the pup. can you give me a number of some place that would take him and find a good and loving home. help me please

Posted: November 18th, 2009 | Report This Comment

5 stars PBLover

Oreo, a black & white blue-nose female, was rescued after being thrown off the roof of an apartment building by her owner in an inner-city slum in New York. The ASPCA healed her back to health, but then just executed her in spite of a flood of pleas to let her live. She was just rescued last spring or summer. The ASPCA generally does not save pit bulls or put them up for adoption. They used this dog to get their organization positive press (you won't read about the killing of Oreo on their Web site, and she was denied visitors who came for support when she was taken in to recuperate). They use the good PR to garner donations for their organization. Write, e-mail, call, and ask them why they even bothered wasting money if they were going to wind up perpetrating the same end to this dog that her gangsta teenage former owner (who was charged criminally) who threw her off the roof intending to kill her in the first place.

Posted: November 14th, 2009 | Report This Comment

5 stars wendy

Hello!! I just wanted to let you know i started a online signature petition for OHIO HB79. This is to take the vicious off the pit bull here in Ohio. I am asking your support to sign my petition and please pass along to anyone you know. We need all the support we can get.

http://petitionspot.com/petitions/apbt

Sincerely,
Wendy

A little bit about this bill

House Bill 79 would change the wording in Ohio law and remove "pit bull" from the description of a vicious dog. (March 23, 2009)

Proposed legislation in the Ohio State House would remove pit bulls from the definition of a "vicious dog" in the state of Ohio.

House Bill 79, which was introduced by Rep. Barbara Sears, (R - Sylvania) last week, looks to amend section 955.11 of the Revised Code.

Under Ohio law, pit bulls are deemed dangerous and vicious based on their breed, not based on if the dog has killed, caused serious injury to any person or killed another dog.

"In the 1970's it was German Shepherd, in the 80's Dobermans, in the 90's it was Rottweilers, now it's Pit Bulls. Breed specific legislation does not accomplish the goal." said Sears, "We want to take the focus of the law away from the breed and have it on the behavior of the animal, then hold the owner of the animal accountable."

Under the proposed legislation the following section of the Ohio Revised code would be removed:

"(iii) Belongs to a breed that is commonly known as a pit bull dog. The ownership, keeping, or harboring of such a breed of dog shall be prima-facie evidence of the ownership, keeping, or harboring of a vicious dog."

The proposed legislation has had one staunch opponent in Lucas County Dog Warden, Tom Skeldon, who e-mailed Rep. Sears a case report regarding Pit Bull mauling deaths in Detroit, Michigan over a 19-year period. The email contained an autopsy picture of a child who had been mauled to death by a pit bull.

Skeldon tells Fox 8 News the picture was necessary to show what the animal is capable of doing.

"The [Vicious Dog] law has been a valuable tool in protecting the public, it puts restrictions on Pit Bulls, requires the dog to be fenced or caged and requires owners to have liability insurance." said Skeldon, "That would all go away with this law. This proposal is totally reactive, there is no proactive element involved. The law is proactive, it prevents accidents."

Skeldon says his agency impounded 50 pit bulls in 1993, in 2007 that number was 1354.
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Lawmaker rejects label of “pit bull” as vicious dog:

Sears wants phrase dropped from law!





Ohio: HB 79 has moved to committeePosted: 23 Mar 2009 07:18 AM PDT
Ohio HB 79, which would remove the longstanding BSL from state law, has moved to the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee.
This bill needs all the support it can get. Please contact the committee members and urge them to approve this bill.
Agriculture and Natural Resource Committee Members
John Domenick
Phone: (614) 466-3735
Fax: (614) 719-6995
Email: district95@ohr.state.oh.us
Alan Sayre
Phone: (614) 466-8035
Fax: (614) 719-6996
Email: district96@ohr.state.oh.us
Linda Bolon
Phone: (614) 466-8022
Fax: (614) 719-6971
Email: district01@ohr.state.oh.us
Dan Dodd
Phone: (614) 466-2500
Fax: (614) 719-6991
Email: district91@ohr.state.oh.us
Jennifer Garrison
Phone: (614) 644-8728
Fax: (614) 719-6993
Email: district93@ohr.state.oh.us
Dennis Murray
Phone: (614) 644-6011
Fax: (614) 719-6980
Email: district80@ohr.state.oh.us
Deborah Newcomb
Phone: (614) 466-1405
Fax: (614) 719-6999
Email: district99@ohr.state.oh.us
Mark Okey
Phone: (614) 466-1464
Fax: (614) 719-3961
Email: district61@ohr.state.oh.us
Raymond Pryor
Phone: (614) 644-7928
Fax: (614) 719-6985
Email: district85@ohr.state.oh.us
W. Carlton Weddington
Phone: (614) 466-5343
Fax: (614) 719-3581
Email: district27@ohr.state.oh.us
Jeff Wagner
Phone: (614) 466-1374
Fax: (614) 719-6981
Email: district81@ohr.state.oh.us
Richard Adams
Phone: (614) 466-8114
Fax: (614) 719-3979
Email: district79@ohr.state.oh.us
Troy Balderson
Phone: (614) 644-6014
Fax: (614) 719-6994
Email: district94@ohr.state.oh.us
Terry Boose
Phone: (614) 466-9628
Fax: (614) 719-3958
Email: district58@ohr.state.oh.us
Timothy Derickson
Phone: (614) 644-5094
Fax: (614) 719-6953
Email: district53@ohr.state.oh.us
Matthew J. Dolan
Phone: (614) 644-5088
Fax: (614) 719-6998
Email: district98@ohr.state.oh.us
Dave Hall
Phone: (614) 466-2994
Fax: (614) 719-6997
Email: district97@ohr.state.oh.us
Margaret Ruhl
Phone: (614) 466-1431
Fax: (614) 719-6990
Email: district90@ohr.state.oh.us
James Zehringer
Phone: (614) 466-6344
Fax: (614) 719-3977
Email: district77@ohr.state.oh.us
Residents, please contact your state representative and let them know you support HB 79: http://www.house.state.oh.us/




This is your chance to make a difference. This legislation needs your support!

TELL EVERYONE ABOUT THIS ALERT!!

Please write or call YOUR officials, as it is THEY who will vote on this legislation.

CALL, AND WRITE NOT JUST ONCE BUT MANY TIMES!! THIS IS IMPORTANT!! IT HAS WORKED VERY WELL IN MANY AREAS!

Please make the call’s and send letters and be polite. We need to let them know how strongly we support this legislation!.

The ADBA, AKC and UKC believes that strong enforcement of leash laws, as well as clear guidelines for identifying and managing dangerous dogs, will promote responsible dog ownership and prevent tragedies from occurring. Simply placing restrictions on certain breeds will not improve public safety - it will only punish responsible dog owners.
We strongly support sound, enforceable, non-discriminatory legislation to govern dog ownership, and we appreciate legislators' desire to keep communities safe for both people and dogs. However, BSL will not address the root cause of dangerous dogs – irresponsible ownership!

Posted: March 31st, 2009 | Report This Comment

5 stars Peg

Very inspiring.

Posted: March 17th, 2009 | Report This Comment

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