Pit Bull and BSL Stuff
Because the city law doesn’t allow SPCA wardens to ticket dog owners, the wardens must call a police officer each time. And officers can’t handle the calls themselves, because a SPCA warden must officially identify the dog as a pit bull.
There is no scientific way to determine what breed of dog a particular dog is. The criteria is appearance. In fact, take this little quiz.
They are also proposing more laws to give either the police or SPCA more power to regulate this asinine ban. More:
The ordinance says that only pit bulls registered before Nov. 1, 2003, can remain in the city. Anyone violating the law faces up to 90 days in jail and a $750 fine.
Twenty violations have been filed since November: 14 are pending, five other dogs were euthanized and one was returned to its owner.
The SPCA has billed the police more than $20,000 since December for boarding, care and euthanasia of pit bulls confiscated as part of city cases.
