Federal law takes steps against BSL!

6:00 am September 29, 2010, by Bob Barr Municipal governments from New York City to Miami, and from Council Bluffs, Iowa to Denver, have responded to fear of pit bulls and similar breeds of dogs, by severely restricting their ownership or banning them entirely from their jurisdictions.  Now, thanks to a rule issued recently by the U.S. Department of [...]

The Road To Recovery For Michael Vick’s Dogs

September 20, 2010 Read the original article or listen to the interview on NPR here ( plus lots of interview highlights and related stories). In July 2007, Michael Vick and three other men were arrested and charged with operating an interstate dogfighting ring. When the authorities arrived, they seized 51 pit bulls from Vick’s Virginia fighting [...]

DNA Is New Weapon In Fight Against Dogfighting

September 27, 2010 fromKQED Listen to the story on NPR Scientists are hoping that a new DNA database for dogs will help track — and prosecute — people who breed dogs to fight. But advocates say there’s a risk that the DNA records could be used against the dogs, or against people who adopt them. The [...]