Should Pit Bulls Be Labeled 'Vicious?'

If you don't own a pit bull -- and maybe even if you do -- you might not know has strict regulations on them.

The city, following state law, deems pit bull dogs vicious by definition. Owners  must carry a $100,000 insurance policy, walk them with a muzzle and keep them in a kennel with a top or inside a 6-foot fence.

"I've see them climb over that with no problem," said Animal Warden Mike Roth.

With all other breeds, a dog has to be labeled vicious by its behavior.

But State Rep. Barbara Sears, a Republican from the Toledo area, wants to change state law. She has introduced a measure that would remove pit pulls from Ohio's vicious dog law.

The new law would still define as vicious any dog that, without provocation, has killed or injured a person or has killed another dog. 

Some communities take the current law a step further. , for example, .

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