Not exact matches
The
breed acts aggressively
against strange dogs and other animals.
Under the American's With Disabilities
Act (ADA) and other various laws world wide used to protect individuals with disabilities, discrimination
against an individual's Service Dog
breed of choice is illegal.
The bill aims to prevent the sale of puppies and kittens from large - scale
breeding facilities that may have violations
against the federal Animal Welfare
Act.
Ireland's Control of Dogs
Act 1986, amended by the Control of Dogs (Amendment)
Act 1992, is responsible for the control of all dog
breeds and the establishment of a pet legislation and court proceedings
against owners.
«The
acting director of the SPCA said they picked us because I said that I would help Nikki be an ambassador for the
breed... that could speak out
against animal cruelty,» Kelli says.
For every good news story like this from Canterbury Council,
acting decisively
against Doodlepets (a breeder we've reported on over the years) there's many more bad ones that show what a complete disaster the current situation is for
breeding dogs and their pups.
Attempts to legislate
against bull baiting began in the UK in 1802 and the sport was finally abolished by an
Act of Parliament in 1835, which led the
breed to the brink of extinction [1].
The point of the dangerous dogs
act is to protect people
against breeds that, because of their sheer size and power, humans would have little chance of fighting off.
The Dangerous Dogs
Act has been criticized for discriminating
against breeds based upon their «
breed label» rather than on any deeds these dogs may or may not have performed.
This comes on top of a recent successful prosecution in Switzerland under the Animal Protection
Act, brought
against two people who
bred extreme bracycephalic cats.