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Hastings City Council looks into pit bull ban


(7/14/2008) By Adam Lefkoe - Hastings City Council said it will consider a man's request to ban Pit Bulls.

Council was approached Monday night by the man who said he was attacked and wants to make sure what happened to him does not happen to someone else.

Michael Heuertz was walking his mother's dog last week when it was charged by a loose pit bull.

After he helped fend it away, the dog bit his leg.

Heuertz hopes his story will stop other pit bulls from causing more harm.

Monday night Heuertz told Hastings City council members what happened to him.

He also talked about stories from the Omaha area where mothers, babies, and the eldery have all been attacked in recent months by Pit Bulls.

Michael said city council must step up and take action.

"So how many more attacks will it take? With an elementary school just two blocks away, will it take one of your children, or one of your grnad children or possibly one of you to be attacked to stand up to be proactive about this issue," said Heuertz.

Council members acknowledged Heuertz's concerns.

They said they need more information before making any decisions.

Still, coming up with some sort of a plan is a priority.

"We also may find as we often sometimes do that we need to invent the wheel. And set up our own policy and then other communities will look at us for what we did on the particular issue," said Phillip Odom.

The city administrator will be taking a look at what other cities are doing on this issue.

Osceola is one city that has recently banned pit bulls. Omaha is considering doing the same.

The issue will be discussed further at an October worksession.

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Posted: 2008/7/15 0:57  Updated: 2008/7/17 18:04
 Re: Hastings City Council looks into pit bull ban
i just read the story about theis same man who was injured and he had a serious groin injury in another story that was filed 5 hours after this one and he states the police will not allow him to look at the police report involving the pit bull that injured him because of PRIVACY CONCERNS, IF THEY FOUND THE DOG THAN THIS MAN HAS THE RIGHT TO KNOW WHO OWNS THIS MONSTER SO HE CAN SUE THEM FOR EVERY THINK THAT THEY OWN, YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME THAT HE CAN'T SEE A REPORT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THE DOG THAT BIT HIM, WHO ARE THEY HIDING THE POLICE CHIEF, PROSECUTER, OR SOME HIGHER UP MUCKY MUCK, AND THIS DOG WAS LOOSE AND ATTACKED SOMEONE AND IT NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED SO WHAT ARE THEY HIDING
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Anonymous
Posted: 2008/8/28 15:57  Updated: 2008/11/13 17:52
 Re: Hastings City Council looks into pit bull ban
Pit bulls are no more dangerous than other dog breeds. Neither the CDC or the AVMA support breed specific legislation.
In fact, if you look at temperament tests, they do as well as pitbulls and better than some common breeds not deemed to be dangerous http://www.animalfarmfoundation.org/item.php?item=73

The person who let this dog out needs to be held accountable, and pit bulls are unfortunately a dog that a lot of bad people get, but if you ban the breed, they will just choose another breed to do the same with. And people who are responsible pit bull owners will have to put their pets to sleep. Nothing would be accomplished.
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