*New Times* previously chronicled how some pit bull owners left Miami-Dade to avoid citations under the ban, while others stayed put and hoped to avoid scrutiny from the county. One Kendall man said he was keeping his pit bull in a dark bedroom every day while he worked.
"I have to hide him like he's an abomination or something," he said. "When I walk him, people put their cars in reverse and stare like I'm holding a fucking Bengal tiger."