BSL Livingston county MI

5/13/08 - In an effort to ensure the safety of local residents in the future, Livingston County Animal Control will be instituting a new policy prohibiting the adoption or placement of any bully breeds or aggressive animals. A committee of the Livingston County Board of Commissioners approved the policy at Monday's meeting. The newly drafted policy (which can be downloaded below) comes as a result of three local tragedies; two Iosco Township residents were mauled to death by American Bulldogs last September and then in late January, two pit bulls attacked an Arabian mare in her stall in Handy Township. Animal Control Director Anne Burns tells WHMI that this was the hardest document she’s ever had to write but she had no choice as her job is to ensure public safety. The policy will cover Pit Bull Terriers, American Pit Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers, American Bulldogs, mixes (aka bully breeds) or any aggressive animal. If any stray bully breed is brought to the shelter with no evidence of ownership such as a tag or micro-chip, it will be held for the state mandated period of four days before being put down. If an owner is identified but does not the claim the animal, it will be held for seven days before being humanely euthanized. The policy will be taken up at next Monday’s meeting of the full board. If approved, it would take effect immediately. (JM)
Attachment: DogBreedPolicy.pdf

Bull breed owners will be held to a higher standard than other owners and prosecuted. This policy is not the solution. Any local members please come out and protest this new policy.

 

MORE INFO!

The meeting is at 7:30 pm on Monday May 19th

304 E Grand River
Howell, Mi. 48843

email address : commissioners@co.livingston.mi.us

If you can't come, please send an email. They are forwarding all this info to Granholm and the state reps. It won't stop in Howell!

The pdf link for the resolution is at www.whmi.com
It says bully breed owners will face fines and prosecution if their dogs end up at animal control. And a bully breed is determined at AC's sole discretion.

 

Is it just human nature to do what's always easiest,what's humane about putting an animal down cause of breed.Remember the wolf,now they want to save it,when they should have thought it out better at first....the cycle still goes on showing that we as humans still haven't learned too much..

 

Banning Pit Bull Terriers AND American Pit Bull Terriers... well, at least they know what they're talking about. And those pesky mixes known as bully breeds.

Heh, what BS.

 

We lost, they listened to all of us tax paying citizens and told us we were liars! We were all against the new policy and spoke about how great this breed is with people and how they aren't human aggressive. The commissioner told us he didn't believe us and believed the opposite to be true.

Can we all pool our resources and buy a whole state for true APBT fanciers to live in with our own laws? This whole trying to make a difference one person at a time isn't working.