The bills would prohibit breed discriminatory laws such as those that target “pit bulls.” Today, animal control officers in Sikeston, MO take family dogs from people’s homes because of th…e way they look. In Springfield, MO, over 1,500 dogs have been killed as a matter of policy for the same reason. HB 1116/SB 865 would overturn these and other anti-dog practices. For a copy of the bill: www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills141/biltxt/commit/HB1116C.htm If–AND ONLY IF–you live in MO, please contact your legislators and ask them to cosponsor/support HB 1116 and SB 865. To find out who they are: MO Senate: www.senate.mo.gov/LegisLookup/default.aspx/leg_lookup.aspx MO House of Representatives: www.house.mo.gov/legislatorlookup.aspx To learn more about this issue, go here: https://www.avma.org/public/Pages/Why-Breed-Specific-Legislation-is-not-the-Answer.aspx