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September 16, 2008
Pit Bullies: Advocates Scrap over Proposed Pit-Bull Ban
The Stranger, by Jonah Spangenthal
| group working to ban potentially dangerous dogs from Seattle has abruptly canceled plans to submit a citizen initiative after receiving threatening e-mails from pit-bull enthusiasts, group members say. "You should be publicly executed for your actions against our beloved pets," one e-mail reads. "You all ought to be neutered," says another...
September 9, 2008
Ellen Taft To Push For Citywide Pit Bull Ban
Seattle Weekly, by Mike Seely
| Last we heard from animal rights watchdog Ellen Taft, she was trying to stop faux service animals in their tracks. But with another high-profile pit bull mauling making front-page news today, Taft is now appealing to the Seattle City Council to institute a citywide ban on fighting breeds...
July 30, 2008
Check Your Faux Service Dog at the Door
Seattle Weekly, by Mike Seely
| Ellen Taft's counterintuitive take on animal rights took root many years ago in Minnesota, where, as a 31-year-old grad student, she was violently mauled by a pair of neighborhood dogs. Taft was subsequently successful in having her attackers euthanized before moving to Seattle, where, she says, "dogs have immense...
January 31, 2008
Seattleites to vote on ban of fighting dogs
Seattle PI, by Ellen Taft
| The Jan. 7 article "Pit-bull paradoxes: Sweet or Savage" left out some very pertinent facts about pit bulls in Seattle. While discussing the increase in the number of registered pit bulls, the author did not mention that 80 percent of dogs are unlicensed, so there are likely to be many more pit bulls than the 1,505 figure quoted...
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