Help Repeal Aurora’s 14+ Year Pit Bull Ban
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The recent landslide vote to end the pit bull ban in Denver has reinvigorated the folks behind End Aurora BSL, who’ve been organizing and advocating for more than a year. With 2J passing, Aurora is now the second-biggest BSL city in Colorado and makes up 62% of all remaining BSL territory per capita.
What is BSL?
Bull Shit Breed Specific Legislation is a blanket term for laws that restrict or ban the ownership of certain breeds thought to be dangerous. In Aurora, the ban requires any dog 51% or more of American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, or American Pit Bull Terrier to be removed from the City or killed. BSL has torn families apart and led to thousands of lovable doggos crossing the rainbow bridge for no good reason.
How To Support End Aurora BSL
“BSL limits the ability for responsible owners to get socialization, training, insurance, and sometimes veterinary care for their animals,” says End Aurora BSL organizer Bryon Taylor. “By repealing BSL, we are opening the door to enforcing responsible ownership to owners who may have ended up here not knowing about the ban or perhaps didn’t realize the breed structure of the pup they were rescuing.”
End Aurora BSL believes they have secured the votes to repeal BSL (Code 14-75) provided a dangerous dog ordinance be passed prior to repeal. That ordinance passed and repealing Code 14-75 is back on the agendog. Here’s what you can doo:
- Contact End Aurora BSL through their website or Facebook page to volunteer.
- Sign this petition.
- Email City Council members between now and Nov. 16 to let them know how important this issue is.
- Angela Lawson
alawson@auroragov.org - Curtis Gardner
cgardner@auroragov.org - Nichole Johnston
njohnsto@auroragov.org - Francois Bergen
fbergan@auroragov.org - Marsha Berzins
mberzins@auroragov.org
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