Well it's not as good as I wanted, and I think that it shouldnt just be about pit bulls but at least there is no PB ban.
As for what Tracy said well....I dont think it is right. He has personal issues against pit bulls and he believes every sweet pit bull that comes through (which is the majority of them) is an exception to the breed...
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LR panel rejects pit-bull ban, favors registration, sterilization
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LITTLE ROCK — A Little Rock mayoral committee has decided not to seek a ban on pit bull breeds and instead will recommend the city place breed-specific regulations on the dogs' owners.
The six-member body reached the decision and began compiling some of the proposed regulations during the group's first meeting Wednesday night. The committee's recommendations will be reviewed by the Little Rock Animal Services Advisory Board, which will then make a recommendation to the Little Rock Board of Directors.
Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola appointed the committee in late June after two public hearings that were intended to gauge residents' responses on what to do about pit bulls and several dog bites by the breeds. Stodola has asked the committee to provide a report to city directors by July 31.
The focus on pit bulls surprised some committee members who believed Little Rock was going to consider a broader approach to the problem and not focus on a specific breed. But the committee is clearly operating under that focus.
"This was meant to be about one thing - pit bulls,” Little Rock Animal Services Manager Tracy Roark told the committee. "The focus has got to be on pit bulls.”
After the meeting, Roark said that's in part because the problems popping up are tied to the breed. Kaye Risser, chairman of the advisory board, said Thursday that she also understands the group intended to focus on pit bulls.
Because many breeds are commonly identified as pit bulls, the committee specified that the regulated breeds in the proposal would be the American pit bull terrier, the Staffordshire terrier and the American Staffordshire terrier.
The committee wants a threemember panel to consider anydispute over a dog's breed. The appeals board would include the city's veterinarian, a member of the Animal Services Advisory Board and an interested party.
The proposal would require owners of the three breeds and mixes to register their dogs. They would have to sterilize and microchip the dogs. No muzzles would be required, nor would tattooing.
The committee discussed the idea of permits that breeders and owners of show dogs could receive that would allow them not to sterilize their dogs, but it did not vote on that.
The committee will meet again Monday and Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Adult Leisure Center off 12th Street near University Avenue.
The Animal Services Advisory Board will likely consider the committee's recommendation July 25. The meetings are open to the public, but the committee is not required to receive public comments.
This article was published
Friday, July 13, 2007.
Arkansas, Pages 14 on 07/13/2007
I am sure I will be at the meetings...I guess restrictions are better than a ban, but still it isnt fair.
Why would they single this dog out??
