1-800-PIT-BULL

Public Service Announcement

The City's Animal Control Department is in the process of setting up a new hotline to report abused and neglected pit bulls. Effective later this year, dialing 1-800-PIT-BULL will allow area residents to leave a detailed message reporting mistreated pit bulls. For those nervous about being confronted by their thug-trash neighbors or waking up to find your car with four slashed tires, the automatedsystem will be completely anonymous. Obvious signs of pit bull abuse include:

• Lack of owner interactivity with the pit bull, other than yelling at it to "sic 'em" or "shut the fuck up"


• Enclosed in a derelict dirt backyard full of broken junk with virtually no shade or shelter


• Seeing the pit bull stranded on a small patch of higher ground as the summer monsoons turn its enclosure into a mud pit

• Missing an eye


• Barking incessantly for 2-3 hours every night for no reason whatsoever


• Snarling at anyone who comes within 100 feet of its territory, including next-door neighbors prevented from enjoying their own backyards


• Chained to a gas pipe or dead tree

Until the new hotline goes into effect, concerned residents are urged to report abused pit bulls and other less prevalent dogs to the City Animal Control Department at 526-0795 or 528-4100.