Louisiana village issues ban on pit bulls and rottweilers, expects to collect them for "disposal" by December 1st | The Compost Bin | Forums

this would not end well

O'hara Owens is trying to spend as much time as she can with her beloved pit bull, Zeus, before the central Louisiana village she lives in promises to take him away from her and "dispose" of him on December 1st.

"If anything ever happened to him...I probably would just shut down."

Owens suffers from severe neck problems and has been forced to wear a halo brace and use a wheelchair.

She says Zeus acts as a sort of "therapy dog", providing love and support for her and her other brothers and sisters.

"I can sit here if I'm in pain, he comes up there and he notices it before I even make any noise."

But Zeus has been blacklisted as a "vicious" breed in the village of Moreauville, La. On October 13th, the village voted to ban Pit Bulls and Rottweilers.

A letter was sent out to owners saying that if they didn't get rid of them by December 1st, then they would be taken for "further disposition."

"The breed is not vicious. It's the owner. It is the way that you raise them," Owens says.

Owens' parents tried to fight the passing of the ordinance at the meeting, but were outnumbered. They say no one has ever complained about their dog and it's never bitten anyone.

"And I had asked the question, well what if I don't give you my dog? Scott Lemoine said they would come and get the dog and the dog would be disposed of and we would be fined," says Joanna Armand, O'Hara's mother.

KALB News channel 5 reached out to the village to hear their side of the story. Village Alderman Penn Lemoine said the ordinance was created to appease several residents.

"We had several residents that were complaining about not being able to walk along the neighborhoods because these dogs were basically running along town," Lemoine says.

KALB asked Lemoine about dog attacks... "There have been, but I don't think they're documented."

And whether they plan to kill the dogs they collect on December 1st...

"I'd rather not elaborate on that," Lemoine answered.

Reporter: "Is that what it is? Are you going to kill the dogs?"

Lemoine: "If that's what the ordinance says, then that's what it says."

Lemoine told KALB he owns a German Shepard but he only considers Pit Bulls and Rottweilers as "vicious."

He also says what the town is doing is completely legal, but Owens and her family say they plan to continue to fight for Zeus.

"They're going to have to take him from my cold, dead hands before they get ahold of him."

The family has started a petition to overturn the ordinance. 

http://www.ktbs.com/.....illage-ban