Vigil to be held for actor and his pit bull
A vigil is being held in New York Saturday in honor of Nick Santino, the soap opera actor who took his own life after putting his dog down. Santino, according to friends and family, was distraught and...
View ArticleIt’s official (and about time): Pit bulls no longer singled out under Ohio law
Ohio Gov. John Kasich yesterday signed a bill that repeals the 25-year-old state law that automatically declared pit bulls vicious. Once the new law takes effect, in 90 days, shelters will be able to...
View ArticlePutting the bite on big dogs
When we hear about it, we like to pounce on big dog discrimination before it happens. So let’s talk about Middletown, New York, where city officials think it would be a good idea to require all renters...
View ArticleArtist needs his therapy dog, state says
The state of Illinois has taken sides with a Chicago artist who says his condo association has no right to separate him from a dog that helps him fight depression. Nio Tavlos believes his 12-pound...
View ArticlePit bulls are inherently dangerous, Maryland’s highest court says
Maryland Court of Appeals judges must be inherently stupid. Well, maybe some of them aren’t, but for the sake of ease, and without regard to fact, let’s just lump them all together and proclaim them...
View ArticleSun columnist Dan Rodricks badmouths pit bulls, gets mauled by readers
Baltimore Sun columnist Dan Rodricks doesn’t believe pit bulls should be allowed in public. “They have a reputation for vicious mauling,” he says in the first paragraph of his Monday column, written...
View ArticleWhere Maryland pit bull owners can turn
The Maryland Court of Appeals opinion declaring all pit bulls — and conceivably any dog with any pit bull in it — “inherently dangerous” shouldn’t be interpreted as outlawing the breed. It applies only...
View ArticleBig dogs pay more at Long Island dog park
We’ve got an ASPCA, and a HSUS, but what we need is an ADLU. The American Doggie Liberties Union — if it existed — would fight all forms of doggie discrimination, both subtle forms and blatant ones,...
View Article“Stinky” service dog leads to ejection from McDonald’s, disabled Canadian says
A disabled Canadian says he was kicked out of a McDonald’s in Alberta by a manager who said his service dog smelled bad. “Your dog stinks and everybody is writing letters to me,” John Dignard says he...
View ArticleSnickers can stay in Aurelia, Iowa
James Sak can keep Snickers, the pit bull mix who acts as his service dog, under a settlement reached with the city of Aurelia, Iowa. Sak, a former Chicago police officer, had sued the city, saying his...
View ArticleInherently incompetent? Maryland House fails to pass pit bull compromise as...
Maryland lawmakers approved a spay-neuter program, and cracked down a little on dog-fighters, but once again they failed to reach agreement on a measure that would relieve pit bulls of the wrongful...
View ArticleWhen a family member must be muzzled
Swanton, Ohio, has no problem with Kayla Bork (seen at left), or with Tyler Bork (right). It’s the family member in the middle, Bailey Bork, that the village of Swanton insists — based on her...
View ArticleWalking in support of Utah’s pit bulls
Pretty enough to be a postcard, this photo was taken Sunday during a group dog walk in Salt Lake City. It was one of the regular bi-weekly walks staged by the organization, SLC StrutABulls, which seeks...
View ArticleYou gotta love this landlord
Landlord Judy Guth has some strict rules about pets. If you don’t have one, she won’t rent to you. And if a resident of her 12-unit apartment house in North Hollywood loses a pet, they must get...
View ArticleUber rude: Guide dog forced to ride in trunk
The National Federation of the Blind in California has filed a lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc., saying its drivers have refused to transport blind people who use guide dogs and, in one instance,...
View ArticleIs artwork an attack on pit bulls?
Whether it’s art, propaganda, or a combination of the two, a memorial to victims of fatal dog attacks is creating controversy as one of dozens of entries in a public art display in downtown Grand...
View ArticleAnd now, the downside of doggy DNA tests
The board of a ritzy Manhattan co-op is requiring some residents undergo testing of their blood and spit to determine if they are pure enough — and of the proper type — to live there. As of last month,...
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