Riverside County Supervisors to Consider Mandatory Spay/Neuter Ordinance for Pit Bulls

RIVERSIDE - A proposed Riverside County ordinance mandating that all pit bulls over 4 months old -- with few exceptions -- be sterilized for the sake of public safety will be debated by the Board of Supervisors tomorrow.

''While the majority of pit bull owners are responsible and take appropriate measures to ensure that their dogs do not have unwanted offspring, there is a need to mitigate the large number of unwanted pit bulls in the county,'' an introduction to the proposed ordinance reads.

The Department of Animal Services broached the issue of restricting pit bull breeding to the board dur...