Back in January, Wagmatcook First Nation reserve band council had a “pit bull” ban on their agenda. That effort did not succeed, but after a recent dog bite(involving a dog that was tethered), some in the community are apparently calling for a breed ban again.
Wagmatcook First Nation is a reserve. This is all the contact information I have.
Council of Wagmatcook Band, P.O. Box 30001, Wagmatcook, NS B0E 3N0
Chief Norman Bernard, Wagmatcook First Nation
Tribal Council: Union of Nova Scotia Indians, P.O. Box 237 Baddeck, NS B0E 1B0
Phone: (902) 295-2598
Fax: (902) 295-3398
Pit bull attacks Cape Breton woman
New calls to ban the breed on Wagmatcook reserve
CBC News Posted: May 18, 2012 7:47 PM AT
[…] The January attack sparked calls for a ban on pit bulls on the reserve. Peck seconded that call, adding there are a lot of them in the community.
“They should ban the dogs around here, because the owners are making them more aggressive. They’re already aggressive anyway,” she said. […]
Full article retrieved 5/20/12 from http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2012/05/18/ns-woman-bit-pitbull.html
All alerts for Wagmatcook: https://stopbsl.org/?s=wagmatcook
Fred M. Kray
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