Senator Dan Lederman says that his Senate Bill 75, to prohibit dog breed-specific local ordinances, will prevent "media hysteria" from driving "feel-good, knee-jerk reactions" against adorable pit bulls. Medical experts disagree: Attacks by pit bulls are associated with higher morbidity…
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Some South Dakota legislators think it's fine to discriminate against certain kinds of human beings but not to discriminate against certain kinds of dogs. Senate Bill 75 appears to be a manifestation of pit-bull obsession. Its purpose is to "prohibit…
Shari Kosel marched against a blizzard of Big Ag baloney last winter when she and fellow South Dakotans fighting animal cruelty brought Senate Bill 171 to the 2013 Legislature. This bill would have upped the penalty for the torture and…
...SDSU Extension and Press Help! Senate Bill 171—the bill upping the penalty for cruelty to dogs, cats, and horses—comes before the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources committee in Pierre tomorrow (assuming today's snow day for legislators doesn't throw the schedule…
South Dakotans seeking tougher penalties for wanton cruelty to dogs, cats, and horses will get a hearing before the Legislature. Senators Stand Adelstein and Dan Lederman and Reps. Anne Hajek and Paula Hawks have signed on as sponsors to Senate…
My Lead neighbor Shari Kosel mentioned last September that she would try to get some tougher cruelty protections for pets on the books this legislative session. Her group, South Dakotans Fighting Animal Cruelty Together, is following up with a complete…
My Lead neighbor Shari Kosel is pushing for South Dakota to toughen its animal cruelty laws. According to a post on her new blog, South and North Dakota are the only two states in the Union that do not make…
The Madison City Commission approves a tax kickback as a special favor to one business, and what does everyone come to the commission meeting to complain about? Pit bull regulations. Several pit bull owners spoke in defense of their pets,…