Oakland Township resident and animal rescue expert*, Ann Marie Rogers has recently sent extensive research findings to our State Senate to support her two most recent recommendations to them:
- Oppose Michigan Senate Bill 710 which would allow dangerous “game bred” Pit Bulls confiscated from dogfighting rings to be adopted out to the general public
- Oppose Section 7 of Michigan Senate Bill 709 which would prohibit local communities from passing ordinances banning Pit Bulls or other dangerous breeds.
Previously she asked State Senators to
- Oppose Senate Bill 741 which had the same purpose as Section 7 of 709 above.
Ms. Rogers has contacted local Planning Official, Doug Mende, suggesting that the Planning Commission of Oakland Township consider an ordinance banning Pit Bulls and other dangerous breeds. Ms. Rogers has data on Pit Bull attacks in Oakland Township.
All I need to know to support her follows at these two links that she provided:
216 children killed by pit bull type dogs. https://www.fatalpitbullattacks.com/children-killed-by-pit-bulls.php
Pit bull type dogs kill an estimated 30,000 animals a year.
Because of Ms. Rogers’s earlier communications of this topic, I was alerted to the extreme dangers of totally unpredictable Pit Bulls and alerted family members who had just adopted one from a local shelter. After reading Ms. Rogers extensively researched material, they returned the animal, much to my relief.
I have posted Ms. Rogers’s complete emails to the State Senate on my website on a “Pit Bull Dangers” page at this link:
https://oaklandtownshipsentinel.com/pit-bull-dangers/
Please communicate with your State Senator on these bills. Use this link to find him or her
http://www.senate.michigan.gov/fysbyaddress.html
*Ms. Rogers is President of No Place Like Home Animal Rescue and was an animal control officer and past Oakland Township Parks Commissioner.
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