Police, animal control officials say ordinance would be a good first step.
People eager to voice their thoughts on a proposed ordinance regulating the ownership of pitbulls will get a chance at City Hall tonight at the City Council's public hearing, 6:30 p.m. The issue has already drawn sizeable crowds during a City Council meeting and work session on the merits of regulating ownership of the breed. The ordinance, introduced for the first time Oct. 15 by City Council President John Ward, would ban anyone who does not already own a pitbull from acquiring one, require muzzles on existing dogs and require owners to take out $100,000 liability insurance policies on their animals. It would also require a sign warning others that a dangerous dog is kept there, and call for pitbulls to be put down if discovered in …
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Woonsocket Animal Control Officer says just talk about the law has improved situation in city.
Enforcing a pitbull ordinance like Pawtucket's will require money Woonsocket doesn't have and General Assembly approval, but police and animal control officials said it would be a step in the right direction. From the start of Monday night's City Council work session on a proposed pitbull ordinance taken from Pawtucket's, that city's Animal Control Officer John Holmes said that while other dogs bite, it's the pitbulls that are the problem in his city. "You're always going to get your dog bites," Holmes said, "But it's the bite of the pitbull. It really is." Woonsocket Police Captain Michael Lemoine said it was the same in Woonsocket. "This is the breed that causes the city and the police the most problems," Lemoine said. Lemoine said …
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Local Resident
8:53 am on Monday, November 19, 2012
Pitlover, that is true.....so should we just leave it alone and continue letting people basically abuse the breed? I so agree that a pit can be loveable. But truly something does need to be done. It should be hardier for a person to breed not matter what the bred unless they have a permit to be a bredder. more ›