On June 14, Lowell, MA city council voted 5-4 in favor of BSL.
Councillors voting in favor: Rodney Elliott, Edward “Bud” Caulfield, Kevin Broderick, Bill Martin and Franky Descoteaux
Councillors voting against: Mayor James Milinazzo, Rita Mercier, Patrick Murphy and Joseph Mendonca
City Council votes to muzzle pit bulls
By Lyle Moran, lmoran@lowellsun.com
Updated: 06/15/2011 06:41:20 AM EDTLOWELL — The City Council voted 5-4 last night to approve an ordinance that requires all pit bulls to be muzzled and leashed when off their owners’ properties.[…]
Last night’s public hearing on the ordinance sparked impassioned debate from the councilors and the handful of public supporters and about a dozen members of the public who spoke in opposition.[..]
The ordinance requires that all pit bulls be spayed or neutered to reduce their aggressiveness, and does not let anyone in the city own more than two pit bulls.[…]
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Aggressiveness? My American Pit Bull terrier is human friendly (all ages), loves dogs, and loves all animals. Try telling him he’s aggressive, but then again all he’d do is lick you.
I am training my “Pit Bull” to be a therapy dog after I gt him his CGC. There isn’t an aggressive bone in his body!
Btw, what even is a “Pit Bull” because “Pit Bull” isn’t even a breed.