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Fremont County, ID: Drop proposed pit bull ban, attorney says
Posted on June 12, 2009 by stopbslcom
Previous alert: http://stopbsl.com/2009/06/06/fremont-county-id-pit-bull-ban-proposed/
http://www.islandparknews.com/atf.php?sid=6585
Drop proposed pit bull ban, attorney says
By ELIZABETH LADEN
FREMONT COUNTY — In this week’s regular county commission meeting, County Attorney Joette Lookabaugh told commissioners she’s rethinking her proposal to ban pit bulls. She said she has received e-mails from pit bull advocates who cite statistics showing that pit bulls are not as dangerous as other breeds.
“If it is not something that the majority of people want (the pit bull ban), we should not do it,” she said. “I know how to prevent myself from a pit bull attack, and I have a license to do it (concealed weapon permit).”
Lookabaugh proposed an ordinance earlier this month that would ban dogs from running at large and ban pit bulls and other dogs known to be “extraordinarily dangerous.”
Lookabaugh said one reason she wants pit bulls banned is that one of these dogs attacked a St. Anthony law enforcement officer who would have been seriously injured if another officer had not intervened to stop the attack. She said pit bulls are used by the “criminal element” to keep lawmen off their property.
NoPitBullBans.com, a pit pull advocacy site, ran the Island Park News story on Lookabaugh’s proposed ban and encouraged readers to write to the county and protest the proposal.
County commissioners did not respond to her latest thoughts about the dogs.
Posted on June 12, 2009 by stopbslcom
Previous alert: http://stopbsl.com/2009/06/06/fremont-county-id-pit-bull-ban-proposed/
http://www.islandparknews.com/atf.php?sid=6585
Drop proposed pit bull ban, attorney says
By ELIZABETH LADEN
FREMONT COUNTY — In this week’s regular county commission meeting, County Attorney Joette Lookabaugh told commissioners she’s rethinking her proposal to ban pit bulls. She said she has received e-mails from pit bull advocates who cite statistics showing that pit bulls are not as dangerous as other breeds.
“If it is not something that the majority of people want (the pit bull ban), we should not do it,” she said. “I know how to prevent myself from a pit bull attack, and I have a license to do it (concealed weapon permit).”
Lookabaugh proposed an ordinance earlier this month that would ban dogs from running at large and ban pit bulls and other dogs known to be “extraordinarily dangerous.”
Lookabaugh said one reason she wants pit bulls banned is that one of these dogs attacked a St. Anthony law enforcement officer who would have been seriously injured if another officer had not intervened to stop the attack. She said pit bulls are used by the “criminal element” to keep lawmen off their property.
NoPitBullBans.com, a pit pull advocacy site, ran the Island Park News story on Lookabaugh’s proposed ban and encouraged readers to write to the county and protest the proposal.
County commissioners did not respond to her latest thoughts about the dogs.