Youngstown, OH: Results mixed in Youngstown’s pit bull ban

Unfortunately, this is another poorly researched, poorly reported news article that fails to address the bigger picture of non-pit-bull-related bites and lacks any hard numbers. Youngstown already had BSL in the form of Ohio’s vicious dog law (wherein all “pit bulls” must be treated as “vicious” dogs) before they instituted the ban.

Results mixed in Youngstown’s pit bull ban

Published: November 23. 2009 1:15AM

[...] The ban outlawed all pit bulls in the city that had not been registered in prior years.

The ban has had mixed results, Macejko said.[...]

Full article retrieved 11/23/09 from http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091123/NEWS02/311239966

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