READING, Pa. (Map, News) - Reading officials are asking a state appeals court to reconsider the rejection of an ordinance that put restrictions on aggressive dog breeds. Commonwealth Court threw out the ordinance in February. It classified dogs according to dog-bite statistics for the latest year in Reading. Officials gave it credit for helping reduce dog bites from 130 in 1999 to 33 in 2006. But an attorney for two pit bull owners argued that the ordinance is unfair because the breeds considered aggressive can change...
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