From The 'I Had No Idea' File: Denver Colorado Reinstituted Its Ban On Pit Bulls

In one of our ongoing ‘blame the owner / blame the breed’ pit bull debates here at the office, this little tidbit popped up in Google News: Denver’s Pit Bull Ban Roils Owners.

Dateline 6/17/2005

I’ve read a few pit threads about pit bulls & the damage they cause, but don’t ever recall seeing it mentioned a large city like Denver was impounding the breed. Say what you want about the dogs, I’m still trying to figure out if the Mile-High City’s previous year’s ordinances banning Saturday night specials and assault weapons were criticized for being sexist.

Denver’s body count is up to 292 Euthanized Pit Bulls & 148 still on ‘death row’