[ SHOWGSD-L ] MIDDLESBORO, KY -PIT BULL BAN MEETING TONIGHT

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Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:48:09 EDT
http://www.middlesborodailynews.com/articles/2006/04/24/news/772pitbull.txt
Ordinance would ban pit bulls in Middlesboro 

By NATASHA DOUGLAS/Staff Writer

           
           
     

     
MIDDLESBORO - The city of Middlesboro is preparing to take drastic measures 
on the issue of the pit bull problems as they will consider an ordinance 
tonight that would ban that breed of dog from the city completely.

Members of the Middlesboro City Council have been discussing a solution to 
the pit bull complaints they have received over the past several weeks.

At the April 4 meeting, several members of the council talked about ways to 
solve the problem, including the possibility of banning the dogs from the parks 
- especially since some parents have complained that they won't let their 
kids go to the parks because of the dogs.

In a brief letter dated April 11, city attorney Robert Bowling sent the 
proposed ordinance for the review of the council and Mayor Ben Hickman 
regarding 
the "prohibition of pit bulls within the city."

The ordinance defines the pit bull' as any American Pit Bull Terrier, 
American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, American Bulldog 
(Old 
Century Bulldog), or any dog displaying the majority of physical traits of 
anyone 
one or more of the above breeds.

If passed, the ordinance would prohibit any person to "have, own, possess, 
keep, exercise control over, maintain, harbor, transport, or sell within the 
city, any Pit Bull or restricted breed of dog."  
     
Owners of the dogs would have 30 days from the date the ordinance passed to 
remove the animal from the city. Anyone found to be breaking the new ordinance 
and convicted could face a $400 fine, and face up to 90 days in jail.

Other cities around the country have banned the breed of dog within town 
limits, including the northern Kentucky town of Dayton.

The city council will have the first reading of the ordinance tonight at the 
city council meeting. Two readings are required before it would take effect.

The council will meet at 7 p.m. at city hall.

Natasha Douglas is a staff writer for the Daily News. She can be reached via 
e-mail at ndouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Ginger Cleary
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from 
opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will 
reach himself.  ~Thomas Paine
Rome, GA http://www.rihadin.com/ 


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