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. Pit bull is a catch-all name that refers to any dog that animal control officers say has a resemblance to Staffordshire Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers or American Pit Bull Terriers.
Source: Prairie Village Post
