Promoting Public Safety Through Canine Awareness Education and Legislation
Victims of dangerous dog attacks and their families gathered at the Michigan Capitol on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, to raise awareness about the frequency and severity of dog attacks and to remember those lost to vicious dog maulings. Responsible Citizens for Public Safety and Justice for Pearl hosted the event. Legislators were urged to …
Join us at the Michigan Capitol on May 28, 2024, from 10AM- 1PM as we gather to issue a united call to our legislators to protect public safety! Michigan has lost many lives to dangerous dogs. Preventable dog attacks have left many people severely disfigured, dismembered and disabled for life. Our beloved pets are being …
Severe and fatal dog attacks on people and beloved pets are escalating across the country. After multiple severe and fatal maulings by dogs adopted from animal shelters, California and Virginia have enacted laws that require animal shelters and animal rescue groups to disclose a dog’s bite history in writing to the person adopting the dog- …
The 2023 Michigan Tribute to Victims of Dangerous Dogs Zoom Premiere! For National Pit Bull VICTIM Awareness Day 2023, Responsible Citizens for Public Safety held a Zoom meeting to remember victims of dangerous dogs and to discuss and promote legislation that would protect public safety. Leticia Spagnuolo of Livingston County, MI and Jill Deminiuk of …
Along with the new package of Michigan preemption bills that will strip the authority from local units of government to enforce breed safety laws, and on the heels of the horrific pit bull mauling death of a little boy in Detroit, Lovell Anderson, age 4, come the defenders and promoters of pit bulls- the pit …
The United States of America should take note of Britain’s Common Sense Action to Protect Public Safety. Rishi Sunak, the British Prime Minister, says, ” the breed American XL Bully is a danger to our communities”. He has announced that the American XL bully will be banned in the UK by the end of the year after …
On Tuesday September 26, 2023, a package of preemption bills was introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives. HB 5039, 5040 and 5041 would prevent local units of government in counties, cities, townships and villages from enacting or enforcing and Breed Safety Legislation or BSL. They have been referred to the Agriculture Committee for review. …
** UPDATE ** Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Michigan Tribute to Victims of Dangerous Dogs will be moved to a ZOOM format that will be released on October 25, 2023, during National Pit Bull VICTIM Awareness Month. We will NOT be at the Capitol in Lansing. We plan to reschedule an event at …
At the September 19th public meeting, Grosse Pointe Shores City Council voted 4-3 to enact a ban on pit Bulls. The decision came to a vote after council was informed of a horrific attack in June on a beloved pet dog, Maddie. Her owners were bitten trying to save their dog. Maddie’s injuries resulted in …
Sarah Bazinet was walking her Golden Retriever, Marley, in February 2023, when three pit bulls got through their fence and two of them attacked Bazinet’s dog. Marley survived but sustained serious injuries. The attack traumatized Sarah and prompted her to voice her concerns about dangerous dogs at the public Township Board meeting on May 16, …