[nagdu] Pit Bulls could once again live in cities with bans

Sherrill O'Brien sherrill.obrien at verizon.net
Wed Aug 25 13:56:32 UTC 2010


This insistence on having a pit bull is disturbing.  This sounds like an
emotional support dog to me.  Aside from making this guy feel secure
wherever he is, is it mitigating a physical disability?  We don't have
enough information here to know for sure.

Sherrill


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Pit bulls could once again live in cities with bans
written by: Jeffrey Wolf Kevin Torres
9News.com
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=149806
<http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=149806&provider=t
op&catid=188> &provider=top&catid=188
DENVER, COLORADO  - Glenn Belcher and his dog Sky enjoy walking
and playing in Cheesman Park, but Walker couldn't get his dog
there without a fight.

He filed an injunction and a lawsuit with the city, letting him
bring Sky, who is a pit bull, anywhere.

"I'm more responsible of this dog than most parents are with
their children," Belcher said.

He is a Gulf War veteran and suffers from post traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD). For the past two years, Sky has served as his
service dog.

"He's my medication and I have a prescription written for him,"
Belcher said.

That prescription comes from the Denver VA Hospital. Very soon,
others with disabilities will also be allowed to have pit bulls
as service dogs in other cities that have bans like Denver.

"That's the type of dog they've chosen to have and they should
have every right with their disability to have whatever dog they
feel is best suited for them," Jennifer Edwards, an attorney with
the Animal Law Center, said.

Tuesday afternoon, the Denver City Council discussed a ruling
from the federal government that says they have to allow people
with disabilities the right to have pit bulls as service dogs if
they choose.

"I think the consensus is: you have to do something. You can't
ignore the fact that the Department of Justice has signaled that
if a person with disabilities claims as their service animal a
kind of dog you've banned in a municipal ordinance, that you're
going to have to accommodate that person's wish to have that
animal as a service animal," David Broadwell, an assistant city
attorney, said.

The city says it could be difficult to manage.

"Clearly there has to be an observed linkage between the person's
disability and the service being provided by the dog. It will
either be evident or it won't," Broadwell said.

The Denver City Council will discuss the issue again next week.


(KUSA-TV C 2010 Multimedia Holdings Corporation)

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  attherally wrote:
I love my pit bull!!
8/25/2010 5:34 AM PDT on 9news.com
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  denvertouch wrote:
Simply Pathetic. I would a PITBULL with newborn children over
nearly every other breed of dog. PEOPLE have TRAINED these
animals to be killing machines....they were not created that way.
8/25/2010 5:06 AM PDT on 9news.com
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  Taurus2 wrote:
I'll be they make great service dogs. Pit bulls are extremely
loyal,happy and friendly dogs. It's the idiots who raise them to
be otherwise that are to blame for any viciouseness they display.
8/25/2010 4:06 AM PDT on 9news.com
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  DCrook wrote:

Right turn, Clyde!


8/25/2010 1:16 AM PDT on 9news.com
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  kingofkings80011 wrote:
You know what.... I have a two year old Blue nose Pitbull and Lab
mix and I live in Aurora Colorado. My dog never once bit anybody
nor displays any angry behavior. I know people say it's the
owners who torment these dogs to make them killing machines,
which is true in most younger owners(meaning gang bangers), but
there's people like my father that says just because there a
Pitbull he is gonna kill someone! There are people in power that
thinks like my father and says to just get rid of them because
they all have a bad name because people wants to have a weapon
killing machine! I say re-do the ban on all dogs, and if anyone
comes across "any type" of dog to call animal control and have
them removed. I hope they really do left the ban for all people
to have pitbulls again in cities. I mean they made pot legal, why
not this!
8/24/2010 11:46 PM PDT on 9news.com
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  strkssd wrote:
i love this story. Someone standing up for the pit bulls, and
showing what good they can do if trained properly. I love it!
8/24/2010 11:08 PM PDT on 9news.com
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  thejeepuwant wrote:
omgomgomg~wtfwtfwtf :D
8/24/2010 10:54 PM PDT on 9news.com
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  omgomgomg wrote:
So then, what ARE the statistics for monkey driven tank attacks?
I guess I was hasty in saying that they were less likely to
happen.
8/24/2010 10:37 PM PDT on 9news.com
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  BrutalMaster wrote:
mmmmmm
8/24/2010 10:33 PM PDT on 9news.com
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  topscratch wrote:
To omgomgomg and bizzman662;

You both are very funny. Ridiculous, but funny. The Justice
Department actually addressed monkey's and wildlife in the
decision.
http://network.bestfriends.org/campaigns/pitbulls/pages/americans
-with-disabilities-act-title-ii.aspx

I guess tanks might generally be safer, but that also depends on
when you started counting fatalities related to them. Certainly,
less people have died as a result of tank attacks in Denver, but
worldwide, perhaps you should talk to a veteran of our military.
Particularly if you are going to insult their intelligence.
8/24/2010 10:28 PM PDT on 9news.com
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