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BY Alexander MacIinnes For North Jersey.com
Now this is how you run an anti-BSL protest!
— Kenn
City officials on Tuesday got a jarring lesson on messing with canines when dozens of dog lovers mobilized to protest a law that would have imposed restrictions on pit bulls. The reaction — online, on the phone and in person — was swift, organized and polite.
“I’ve gotten more phone calls and mailings on this ordinance than on any other ordinance in all my years — from across the country,” said Mayor Frank Calandriello before the City Council’s regular meeting.
The ordinance was defeated 5-0 at that meeting, mainly because officials received new information that towns cannot pass laws that are “breed specific.” The Garfield proposal would have required pit-bull owners to muzzle their dogs, walk them on a leash no longer than three feet, and purchase $50,000 worth of liability insurance. The law would have also required dog walkers of pit bull breeds to be at least 18 years old.
The City Council pitched the law in April after a pit-bull attacked another dog on Chestnut Street.
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