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Rockville Centre voting on pit bull, Rottweiler ban
Photo credit: Newsday / Ken Sawchuk | Ingrid, a 6-year-old pit bull, seen here at Little Shelter, where she has been waiting to be adopted for the past two years. (May 16, 2010)
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The Rockville Centre Village board, facing criticism from animal rights advocates for enacting a ban on pit bulls and Rottweilers, is set to vote Tuesday night on a measure to suspend the law's implementation.
The code, passed on June 8 by a vote of 4 to 1, has provoked a swift response from local and national groups, who say the act itself violates a 1997 state law that forbids municipalities...
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