LANCASTER, S.C. -- It's round two for a proposed vicious dog ordinance in Lancaster County.
After a heated debate last month, a citizens' committee is tweaking a proposed law that would've automatically labeled certain dog breeds vicious.
The ordinance labeled pit bulls, American bulldogs, and canary dogs as vicious animals and required that they be registered with the county, kept inside a steel cage, and wear special bright-colored collars.
After a public outcry, a committee was appointed to redo the ordinance. Serving on that committee are dog breeders, Humane Society members as well as people who've been attacked by vicious dogs....
County Council chairman Rudy Carter said the citizens' committee stripped all the breed-specific language from the newest version of the ordinance, and he understands why.
"You can't put a label on a dog. You have to put the label on the owner," Carter said....
At the very least, county leaders say Lancaster County will see a leash law out of all these talks. That's something the county has never had. The last vote on the ordinance will likely be taken next month.
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