Official:Amending Chapters 10-100 and 10-600 of The Philadelphia Code relating to Animals, Individual Conduct and the use of public and private property by adding to Sections 10-101, 105, 603 and 10-606 the prohibition of Dog Fighting.
Sponsor: Councilmember Blackwell
Introduced: September 14, 2000
Signed: November 16, 2000
: Committee on Public Safety
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill makes dog fighting illegal in Philadelphia and adds penalties to the city code.
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