Category Archives: North Dakota

Regent, ND update: City council to revisit breed ban request in April

Posted on March 9, 2010 by | Comments Off

City council will think about this issue for another month. It appears that some council members are leaning toward a ban, while others are leaning against it.

Please continue to send polite, informative, persuasive correspondence to city council members to help them make the right decision:
City Hall, P.O. Box 86, Regent, ND 58650
Phone (701) 563-4454
info@regentnorthdakota.com

Previous alerts for Regent: http://stopbsl.com/?s=regent%2C+nd

No banning of the (pit) bulls just yet in Regent

By LAUREN DONOVAN
Bismarck Tribune
Posted: Monday, March 8, 2010 11:28 pm

REGENT — The topic of whether to ban pit bulls and Rottweilers from Regent occupied a lively hour at city hall Monday night and in the end the council decide to think about another month.[...]

Full article retrieved 3/09/10 from http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/article_b74d9426-2b3e-11df-9426-001cc4c002e0.html

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Regent, ND reminder: Public hearing about proposed BSL, March 8

Posted on March 6, 2010 by | Comments Off

Public hearing will be held: March 8, 7 PM, Regent City Hall.

A resident’s petition in Regent previously asked for the city to ban pit bulls and Rottweilers. The city is now considering adding German Shepherds to the list. The whole thing appears to have started due to a family dispute and fear about stereotypes, not because of any actual bites or other incidents in the town.

Previous alert for Regent: http://stopbsl.com/?s=regent%2C+nd

City Hall, P.O. Box 86, Regent, ND 58650
Phone (701) 563-4454
info@regentnorthdakota.com

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Regent, ND update: German Shepherds may be added to proposed ban

Posted on February 20, 2010 by | 2 Comments

Public hearing will be held: March 8, 7 PM, Regent City Hall.

A resident’s petition in Regent previously asked for the city to ban pit bulls and Rottweilers. The city is now considering adding German Shepherds to the list.

Previous alert for Regent: http://stopbsl.com/2010/02/19/regent-nd-resident-petitions-for-ban-on-pit-bulls-rottweilers/

City Hall, P.O. Box 86 Regent, ND 58650
Phone (701) 563-4454
info@regentnorthdakota.com

Thanks to Jodi for this update.

Regent mulls ban on German shepherds

lauren@westriv.com
Posted: Saturday, February 20, 2010 2:20 am |

Regent city leaders discussing whether to ban pit bulls and Rottweilers from town decided Thursday to possibly throw German shepherds into the banned mix as well.[...]

Full story retrieved 2/20/10 from http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/article_8a49b23a-1de1-11df-af9c-001cc4c03286.html

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Regent, ND: Resident petitions for ban on pit bulls, Rottweilers

Posted on February 19, 2010 by | 8 Comments

Edit 2/20: Public hearing will be held: March 8, 7 PM, Regent City Hall.

City Hall, P.O. Box 86 Regent, ND 58650
Phone (701) 563-4454
info@regentnorthdakota.com

Grandma targets pit bulls after grandson buys dogs

 The Associated Press
Thursday, February 18, 2010; 9:34 PM

REGENT, N.D. — A southwest North Dakota woman is trying to ban pit bulls from her small community after finding out her adult grandson purchased three of the dogs. Patty Robbins circulated a petition to ban pit bulls and Rottweilers, gathering 43 signatures in the town of 200 and she turned it into Regent city officials Tuesday.

Full article retrieved 2/19/10 from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/18/AR2010021804617.html

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Fargo, ND update: Proposed law will not be breed-specific

Posted on January 8, 2010 by | 1 Comment

Previous alert for Fargo: http://stopbsl.com/2008/12/30/fargo-nd-dog-owner-seeks-tougher-laws-after-pit-bull-mauled-pet-bsl-proposed/

Fargo committee revises dangerous-dog law

By: Helmut Schmidt, INFORUM
Published January 08 2010

A proposal to revise Fargo’s animal ordinance puts teeth into rules for dangerous dogs that include charging owners with a Class B misdemeanor – a criminal offense – if they fail to properly register or control their animals.

[...] Fargo Lt. Greg Lemke, out of town for training, guided the group rewriting the ordinance. He said the revised law is more enforceable.

“It is less ambiguous … (and) will be much easier to enforce,” Lemke wrote in an e-mail to The Forum.

He’s also glad the law did not single out breeds.

“This was a well-informed group,” Lemke wrote. “Breed-specific laws are not successful; they are difficult to enforce, costly and discriminatory.”[...]

Full article retrieved 1/8/10 from http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/265103/

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