Council Bluffs Pit Bull Ban Update
Looks like the ban on politically incorrect dogs passed. The mayor may veto it and a group is challenging the ban:
The city’s Health Board recommended a ban on pit bulls earlier this year because of increased attacks on humans. The ordinance would allow current licensed pit bull owners to keep their dogs as long as they met various requirements. Once their dogs die, owners will not be allowed to have another pit bull.
Despite Monday’s council action, the issue is not over, ban opponents said.
“We will not give up,” said spokeswoman Charlotte Skokan. “We will continue to fight.”
The American Canine Foundation will file a suit on behalf of the ban opponents, she said.
“They have committed that they will,” Skokan said.
A fund to pay for the foundation’s legal action has been set up at US Bank, she said.
Skokan supplied the council with what she said were 2,200 signatures of people who opposed the ban.
The final reading of the ordinance brought another full house to the council chambers, and the testimony got more heated than the previous meetings.
