OH - Spay and Neuter all pit bulls

Society head seeks spay, neuter edicts for pit bulls
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
HAMILTON — The executive director of the Animal Friends Humane Society is tired of watching dogs die, so he is calling for the passage of city ordinances requiring residents to spay or neuter their pit bulls.
This weekend, 15 pit bulls passed through the shelter at Trenton.
Humane Society Executive Director Leland Gordon said the problem is that pits are bred for money, abused to make them aggressive, and they often are neglected or abandoned.
If they're not adopted, the animals are euthanized.
Gordon pointed to San Francisco, where shelters took in a quarter fewer pit bulls after mandatory sterilization.
Butler County Chief Dog Warden Julie Holmes agrees that the county has a pit bull problem, that many owners want the breed as a status symbol or even for dog fighting.
"The moment you tell them they have to have those animals fixed, I guarantee they won't have them," she said. "If you truly love the dog or love the breed, you're going to take care of it regardless of whether they're spayed or neutered, and that's what we want to see.