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Nevada Bans Discrimination Against Pit Bulls

Posted 05.30.2013 | Good News
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Nevada pit bull lovers, get ready to celebrate. Governor Brian Sandoval recently signed a bill that will prevent local governments from passing le...

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Pit Bull Lovers Plan March On Washington, With Dog Kissing Booth

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 05.16.2013 | DC
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The kind of person who finds a pit bull kissing booth appealing -- and, for the record, we at HuffPost DC are those kinds of people -- should get read...

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You'll Fall In Love With This Sweet Engagement Story

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 05.15.2013 | DC
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It won't surprise you that the man in this photo, holding a pit bull like a baby, has a sweet engagement story that involves his dog. Sean Stin...

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HORROR: 4 Pit Bulls Blamed In Jogger's Death

AP | Posted 05.10.2013 | Los Angeles
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PALMDALE, Calif. — A pack of dogs remained under quarantine at a Mojave Desert shelter on Friday as investigators tried to determine whether the...

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PHOTOS: Pit Bull Kissing Booth!

The Huffington Post | Nick Visser | Posted 05.06.2013 | Green
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If only we were all as lucky as this Reddit user. The adorable photo shows one of the happiest pit bulls ever giving some love to a kissing booth p...

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Man Saves Girl Being Attacked By 2 Dogs

AP | Posted 04.30.2013 | Impact
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LEBANON, Maine -- A New Hampshire man credited with saving the life of a 12-year-old Maine girl being mauled by her family's pit bulls says the two do...

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Lawmaker Blasted For Dog Background Checks Idea

The Huffington Post | Preston Maddock | Posted 04.26.2013 | Politics
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North Carolina state Rep. Rodney Moore (D-Charlotte) supports background checks -- for dogs. Moore sponsored a failed bill in the state Legislature...

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Gruesome Details Emerge In Woman's Pit Bull Death

The Record, Stockton, Calif. | Jason Anderson | Posted 06.13.2013 | San Francisco
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STOCKTON -- Javier Sanchez Sr. and his wife, Juana, had just returned from their youngest son's soccer practice Thursday evening when they heard someo...

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Meet The Family At The Center Of Maryland's Pit Bull Controversy

The Baltimore Sun | Alison Knezevich | Posted 06.10.2013 | DC
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The scars across 16-year-old Dominic Solesky's face are faint, but that doesn't stop people from asking where he got them. The Towson High School jun...

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Will Pit Bulls Be Spared?

The Baltimore Sun | Erin Cox | Posted 06.08.2013 | DC
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With most of the heavy lifting behind them, Maryland legislators will convene Monday for a final frenzy of lawmaking before the 2013 General Assembly ...

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Pregnant Pit Bull Dumped at the Shelter Finds Hope and a Loving Home

The Pet Collective | Posted 05.31.2013 | Green
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It is shocking to know that in Los Angeles County alone, 200 pit bulls are put down every single day, because there are not enough homes for them. Imagine how that number grows when you think of all the cities, in all the states, across the country.

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To the People Who Hate Us Because of Pit Bulls

Ken White | Posted 05.19.2013 | San Francisco
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Here's a fact about running a humane society which you might not know: Some people hate us (and I do mean hate) because we adopt out pit bulls, and some people hate us because we don't adopt out every pit bull brought to us.

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Pit Bull Attack Of Girl Caught On Tape

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 03.14.2013 | New York
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A pit bull sprinted across a Bronx street and attacked a young girl on Sunday, as shown in horrifying surveillance video, CBS New York reported. T...

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Maryland Pit Bull Owners Still Forced To Choose Between Pets And Eviction

The Baltimore Sun | Michael Dresser | Posted 05.10.2013 | DC
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A compromise in the General Assembly over legislation to undo a court ruling that declared pit bulls inherently dangerous has unraveled, turning what ...

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14-Month-Old Killed By Two Pit Bulls

AP | Posted 03.07.2013 | Crime
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TOWN OF WALWORTH, Wis. -- Authorities say a young boy has died after he was attacked by a couple of pit bulls in southeastern Wisconsin. According to...

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Learning To Forgive With 'Pit Bulls And Parolees'

Ann Brenoff | Posted 04.19.2013 | Fifty
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Ann Brenoff

Midlife is the perfect time of life for those of us who are deadline-driven. While the sand in our hourglasses isn't in imminent danger of running out, most of us realize that our time no longer feels unlimited. It's today or never to determine how we spend the next chapters.

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This Museum Exhibit Is Going To Be Tough To See

Posted 02.01.2013 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- D.C.'s Museum of Crime and Punishment is hosting a heartbreaking exhibition about dog fighting, from now through September. "The Voic...

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Love Comedy, Hate Ignorance

Rebecca Corry | Posted 03.31.2013 | Comedy
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Rebecca Corry

we as comedians have the responsibility to not perpetuate hate and ignorance towards races, breeds and religions by abusing the special platform we have been given as artists to speak our minds and thoughts.

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Solving L.A.'s Homeless Dog Epidemic, Part One: The Rescuers

Xaque Gruber | Posted 02.13.2013 | Green
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After adopting his first dog last year, a pit bull named Trooper, Emmy-nominated television producer, Michael Levitt, felt compelled to go further, and added animal rescue -- specifically pit bulls -- to his slate of productions.

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WATCH: Brother Takes On Pit Bulls To Save Sister

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 11.08.2012 | Impact
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"It hurt me to my soul," says Willie Carr as he describes the deep wounds his 11-year-old son, Maleik, endured in a pit bull attack on Monday morning....

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The Bestest Dog

Rob Hiaasen | Posted 12.11.2012 | Comedy
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Let me tell you about Earle. I'm going to give you just the facts, because I don't buy into the whole dog thing. You know, the whole dog thing. When ...

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3-Month-Old Boy Mauled To Death By Pit Bull

The Huffington Post | Cavan Sieczkowski | Posted 09.26.2012 | Crime
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A 3-month-old boy was mauled to death by a pit bull while police were outside the family's Texas home responding to a 911 domestic disturbance call. ...

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Horrifying Death For Dog Rescuer

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 08.18.2012 | College
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A Georgia college student who devoted "countless hours" to abandoned animals was killed by the dogs she rescued, according to several reports. Rebe...

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This Woman's Reinvention Is For The Dogs...Literally

The Huffington Post | Ann Brenoff | Posted 08.26.2012 | Fifty
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Landlord Sandy Zalagens' ad seeking a tenant for one of her 12 units may be one for the dogs. It read: "Rent is $950; $150 a month discount if you ado...

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5 'Damn Good' Reasons To Repeal The Pit Bull Ban Today

Miami New Times | Posted 10.14.2012 | Miami
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Even if dozens of party primaries don't get your blood pressure up, there's one compelling ballot item that should drive you to the polls today: For t...

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