Promoting Public Safety Through Canine Awareness Education and Legislation
…according to pit bull advocates, animal shelters and rescue groups that promote pit bulls as safe pets. At the time of this post, we are only halfway through October and there have already been three human fatalities and multiple severe injuries requiring hospitalization as well as beloved pets mauled and killed by pit bulls. We …
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 …
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, …
With a growing list of children, adults and many beloved pets being attacked, mutilated and fatally mauled, it’s abundantly clear that Detroit has a serious Pit Bull problem. When will it stop? On April 4, 2023, Daniel Bonacorsi, a 58 year old man from Plymouth, was working in Detroit for the Army Corps of Engineers. …
An appeal hearing officer charged with determining the fate of a pit bull mix dog which police say attacked and killed a 95-year-old woman nearly a year ago has issued a proposed final decision, upholding the original decision of the Suffield animal control officer that the animal be put down. On Nov. 6, 2019, Janet …
Michigan: A seasoned animal control officer was brutally attacked by a pit bull at the Oakland County Animal Control shelter. The dog had to be shot and killed to stop the attack. The pit bull was in quarantine because it had previously bitten several family members. The dog somehow got out of its cage and …
2019- Researchers from Ohio State University found that pit bulls and mixed breed dogs have the highest risk of biting children. The intent of the study, conducted by the Ohio State University’s College of Medicine and Wexner Medical Center, is to provide parents information when deciding what type of dog to own. “This research highlights …