Johnson County mulling the banning of Pit Bulls in parks

[BigRedChief]

Big Daddy is gonna be pissed!

As Andrea Bielsker’s dog Tanner romped in Shawnee Mission Park, a pit bull clamped its jaws around the neck of the mixed-breed Dalmatian.
“It just locked on and wouldn’t let go,” said her friend Nora Hicks, who witnessed the April attack in the off-leash dog area of the popular Johnson County park.
So Hicks popped the pit bull on the head, stunning the muscular animal just enough for Tanner to wiggle free.
“The attack was completely unprovoked,” Hicks told the Johnson County Board of Park and Recreation Commissioners in November. “I am sincerely afraid someday a dog is going to get killed.”
That attack — and others like it in the last six years — has prompted park board members to consider banning pit bulls from the county’s 10 parks. A public hearing is set for 6 p.m. Wednesday, and board members could vote to ban the animals after the hearing.

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[seclark]

dalmations taste like chicken.
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I would support it. I've had a near identical experience with a Pit.

[Redrum_69]

Pit bulls...need to be shot on sight

[kcxiv]

Yet , people are quick to bash on my state for wanting to ban them period Now they wanna ban them over in KC at the parks. You know what comes next

[Sully]

They should be banned in parks, where dogs are that aren't unfriendly to other dogs. It seems that BD and those who scream the loudest for Pit Bulls would admit themselves that Pits are aggressive toward other animals, but not humans. Fine, then... I think it's great if people want to keep them and control them. But for an animal like that to be allowed around other animals is reeruned.

[Brock]

A dog running loose in the park, and the only significant detail about it is that it might have been a pit bull?

[Redrum_69]

Just keep pitbulls legal and allow them to roam free



I need more moving targets for my roadkill bingo

[MOhillbilly]

Originally Posted by Redrum_69

Pit bulls...need to be shot on sight

yup.

[MOhillbilly]

Originally Posted by Phobia

I would support it. I've had a near identical experience with a Pit.

do tell.

[eazyb81]

I'm surprised JoCo doesn't already have a ban on pits. What a little pussy county.

[jynni]

I don't see how a dog attacking another dog in an off leash dog park equals banning pitbulls from all parks?

I mean, it makes sense to ban them from the dog park or at least require that they be on a leash.

[eazyb81]

Originally Posted by jynni

I don't see how a dog attacking another dog in an off leash dog park equals banning pitbulls from all parks?

I mean, it makes sense to ban them from the dog park or at least require that they be on a leash.

I was carjacked by a man with a beard yesterday.

I demand that beards be outlawed in Jackson County from now on.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by Redrum_69

Pit bulls...need to be shot on sight

What, you don't already? You should try it... it's a good time.

Originally Posted by MOhillbilly

do tell.

I've told it several times. Walking my neutered bitch lab to the mailbox in my neighborhood. I'm on the neighbor's sidewalk 20 feet from my front door when a strange dog comes trotting down the street. I assumed both dogs were going to sniff butts and we'd keep heading to the mailbox. Instead, the other dog immediately latched onto my lab's neck and wouldn't let go. I destroyed my weedwacker trying to beat that dog off my lab. I finally knocked him out and my lab ran to the back yard. Shortly thereafter a teenager comes running down the street looking for his dog. I got his number and phoned his mother later that day. She told me the dog was a pit and had gotten loose and that she was planning to dispose of it especially considering the latest incident.