Activists attended the Florissant City Council meeting Monday night, encouraging the St. Louis suburb to repeal a law that effectively bans residents from owning pit bulls.
Mandy Ryan, one of the activists who spoke at the meeting and helped organize the movement, runs several Facebook pages advocating for Missouri municipalities to stop what she calls prejudice against certain breeds of dogs.
“Our main issue tonight is we want to work with the mayor, we want to work with the city council, we want to keep public safety a top priority,” Ryan says. “We’re going to come respectfully asking for them to work with us and repeal the ban.”
Florissant Mayor Tom Schneider did not respond to two requests seeking comment.
Ryan and a group called Florissant Bully Alliance are currently focused on Florissant, but other activists are taking on the bans in other parts of the state as well.…