In countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia, where American
pit bull terriers have been banned, research for the Journal of Veterinary Behavior says that there is no evidence that these breed- specific laws significantly reduce the number of dog attacks.
On Friday he was given a further five-month sentence, which is to be served on top of his original six months, after he pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates' Court to possessing
pit bull terriers, possessing dogs for fighting, possessing a treadmill for training dogs and breaching a five-year disqualification on keeping dogs.
Referring to evidence from William Dins-dale, 70, that the pensioner had reported the
pit bull terrier attacking him in May 2006, the judge asked if police had investigated that complaint.
POLICE STATEMENT Police seized this animal on June 22 on suspicion it was a banned
pit bull terrier breed.
Hank was seized last week by police and council officials on suspicion of being a
pit bull terrier, which are banned under the Dogs (NI) Order 1983.
A
PIT Bull terrier type dog that viciously attacked another dog has avoided a death sentence.
Just six months later, five-year-old Ellie Lawrenson was savaged to death by an illegal
pit bull terrier in St Helens on New Year's Day, 2007.
Anthony Mullen, 50, and his partner Susan Hancock, 51, both deny charges of keeping the dangerous
pit bull terrier type dogs at their home in Taragon Gardens as well as breaching bans on keeping animals.
The organised fight, between two
pit bull terrier dogs, took place at a kitchen interior store on Alum Rock Road in February last year, Birmingham Magistrates' Court heard.
A MAN was warned he could face jail yesterday after he admitted owning the
pit bull terrier which killed his five-year-old niece.
From left are Duncan 5000, an American
pit bull terrier, and University of Oregon students Sadie Rose, 19, and Collin Casey, 24.
Residents were ordered to stay indoors when a Garda marksman was sent to hunt down the ferocious
pit bull terrier dog after it killed a family pet.