A long exile may finally be ending for pit bulls in Overland Park. The dogs, which animal welfare advocates say have been unfairly maligned, could be allowed back in Overland Park homes as soon as September 28, pending final approval of changes in the city’s animal control ordinance. The council’s Public Safety Committee took the first step Thursday by unanimously voting to end the ban that has been in effect since 2006. If the full council gives final approval, Leawood will be the last city in the Kansas City area to prohibit a type of dog that started to become stigmatized in the 1980s and 1990s when pit bulls became associated with drug subculture.
Source: Shawnee Mission Post
