Fort Hood, Texas U.S. Army Base Passes New Pit Bull Restriction
Fort Hood, TX - A reader of DogsBite.org has brought to our attention that Fort Hood, a U.S. Army post, has recently passed a new
pit bull law. The regulation prohibits new pit bulls and their crosses from living on base housing. It requires existing pit bulls to be registered with the Fort Hood Veterinary Clinic (FHVC) by 10 July 8. If the dog has not been registered by this time, it will be subject to removal.
Military law supercedes state law, so Fort Hood is not bound by the State of Texas that prohibits breed-specific law. DogsBite.org has a section within Legislating Dogs that
lists military bases that have adopted breed-specific law. This list continues to grow. Sadly, after a rottweiler mauling in 2005 and a pit bull attack that led to death in 2007, Camp Lejeune (North Carolina) still refuses to adopt breed-specific law.
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