The city of Duncanville has officially memorialized the Texas Legislature, with Cedar Hill expected to follow, to get the Lege to change state law and allow cities to consider breed-specific dog bans. Cedar Hill and Duncanville have already both toughened their dog ordinances to require a $100,000 insurance policy or line of credit for owners of dogs officially declared dangerous.
I recently editorialized, encouraging the Lege to give cities more animal-control freedom.
That said, as I note, there are several legal issues. One is that there is no American Kennel Club breed called “pit bull.” Another, also noted in my column, is the animal-level version of the old “nature vs. nurture” argument on why some breeds of dog fight more.
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