I need your help. You need to read this because this is happening all over American and is totally bullshit. We need to stop our legislators from killing our pets...your's can be next. If Ohio passes this you will see a mass of residents fleeing, dumping their pets in the neighboring states just to save their pet. Their will be riots etc. This is totally wrong. You need to write, call and get them to stop.
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Ohio Representative Tyrone Yates just introduced a House bill 568. This bill will be to completely ban Pit Bulls or any bully type or any dog remotely looking like a bully from the state of Ohio. He already achieved this in his City of Cincinnati.

If the bill passes, these owners will have 90 days from the effective date to find another place outside of Ohio for their pets. If after that time period and you have a pit bull, it will be taken from you and destroyed. The bill even gives the right for a search warrant to be used if need be. There will be no warning, no justice, no innocent until proven guilty. Also no pit bulls will be allowed to leave a shelter even to go into a rescue in another state.

You can read it at

https://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=127_HB_568.

Sec. 955.111 would be the new part of the law.

I am completely in shock over the fact that this could become a law. And if they get this breed passed, what is next. German Shepherds, Rotts, Dobs, Huskies, Mals, Chows, etc. I could go on and on here.

I personally own two pit bull mixes. They have never bitten, are good dogs, and I consider them my kids. I would move out of state before I would kill my pets. However, how many folks will not be able to afford to up and move out of state. Not many. So if they have a pit bull that is a family member, they will have to find it a place or it killed.

I am asking every Zootoo person, "if you believe it is wrong for the whole state to ban pit bulls to please help". Even if you don't live in Ohio, please email any of the Ohio State Representatives.

My district Rep is

Chris Widener
77 S. High St
12th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6111
Telephone: (614) 466-1470
Fax : (614) 719-6984
Email Address: district84@ohr.state.oh.us

Here is a list of the
Leadership Contact Information:

John Husted
Speaker of the House
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6111
Telephone: (614) 644-6008
Fax : (614) 719-3591
Email Address: district37@ohr.state.oh.us

Kevin DeWine
Speaker Pro Tempore
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6111
Telephone: (614) 644-6020
Fax : (614) 719-3970
Email Address: district70@ohr.state.oh.us

Larry L. Flowers
Majority Floor Leader
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6111
Telephone: (614) 466-4847
Fax : (614) 719-6958
Email Address: district19@ohr.state.oh.us

Jim Carmichael
Assistant Majority Floor Leader
77 S. High St
12th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6111
Telephone: (614) 466-1474
Fax : (614) 719-0003
Email Address: district03@ohr.state.oh.us

Michelle G. Schneider
Majority Whip
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6111
Telephone: (614) 644-6023
Fax : (614) 719-3589
Email Address: district35@ohr.state.oh.us

Shannon Jones
Assistant Majority Whip
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6111
Telephone: (614) 644-6027
Fax : (614) 719-3967
Email Address: district67@ohr.state.oh.us

Joyce Beatty
Minority Leader
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6111
Telephone: (614) 466-5343
Fax : (614) 719-3581
Email Address: district27@ohr.state.oh.us

T. Todd Book
Assistant Minority Leader
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6111
Telephone: (614) 466-2124
Fax : (614) 719-6989
Email Address: district89@ohr.state.oh.us

Fred Strahorn
Minority Whip
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6111
Telephone: (614) 466-2960
Fax : (614) 719-6940
Email Address: district40@ohr.state.oh.us

Mike Foley
Assistant Minority Whip
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6111
Telephone: (614) 466-3350
Fax : (614) 719-3910
Email Address: district14@ohr.state.oh.us

Please take one minute and write to one of these reps and tell them that this is not the proper way of handling problems with animals.

List other things they should be working on to help with the animal problems.
Mandated spay/neuter
Ban tethered or chained dogs
Ask them for new stronger laws on animal cruelty.

Tell them
The number of tax paying citizens who will have a family
member ripped from their home and killed even if the dog is very friendly.

What about a new family who moves into Ohio and does not know the law. That dog can be taken immediately and destroyed. They will claim, it is the law and you should know it before moving here.

Who will pay for the cost to destroy all those dogs.

For more thoughts or examples

https://www.animallawcoalition.com/breed-bans/article/524

I can tell you that if this law passes, the neighboring states will be slammed with 100's of thousands of pit bulls from families hoping to find a safe place for their pets.