Mary is a 38-year-old stay at home mom. She loves animals. And, in the eyes of Miami-Dade Animal Services, she's a criminal.via Wikimedia CommonsThat's because Miami-Dade is Death Row for pit bulls, thanks to a 20-year-old county-wide law banning the whole breed. Animal Services kills hundreds of pit bulls every year in their headquarters near the Palmetto Expressway.Mary, who asked that her real name not be used, is part of an illicit underground railroad for the dogs. She's saved dozens over t
In this week's New Times, you read about how difficult it is for police to break up brutal dog-fighting rings -- even with tough new laws on the books. Unless cops see a fight in person, as they did in a Miami case, they rarely get the conviction.via Miami Coaltion Against Breed Specific Legislation​There's a flip side to that story, though, and it's Miami's idiotic attempt to stop dog-fighting before it happens. Miami-Dade has one of the country's oldest bans against the entire breed of pit b
