Council delays decision on dog-chaining law

By Chris Paschenko
The Daily News
Published January 10, 2008
DICKINSON — Saying law-abiding residents shouldn’t be made criminals, the Dickinson City Council decided to postpone enacting an ordinance banning the chaining of dogs, so it could review the language of the law.
Councilmen Mark Townsend and Kerry Neves said Wednesday they’ve had some dogs they’ve had to restrain [...]

Pit bull found battered to death

By GLORIA CAMPISIPhiladelphia Daily News
campisg@phillynews.com 215-854-5935The battered body of a dead pit bull, stoned with chunks of concrete and bricks, was found hanging from a railing at an abandoned school at 27th and Huntingdon streets Tuesday.
The dog, an adult male, had been bashed so severely a Pennsylvania SPCA investigator said there was no way to [...]