The first is when specific municipalities or counties flat out
ban certain types of dogs or severely restrict them.
Under BSL, cities, or even countries,
ban certain types of dogs, regardless of their individual temperament.
There is zero evidence that supports
banning certain types of dogs actually lowers incidents of dog bites in the U.S. — zero.
Not exact matches
Interestingly, the
ban on
certain breeds (e.g., pit - bull
types in the United Kingdom in the 1990s), invariably fails to lower the number
of dog bites, which keeps rising.
And the problems also include cities and shelters that like Aurora and Denver, CO that choose to kill all
dogs of certain breeds because they look like
types of dogs they don't want in their city (regardless
of the reality that their own statistics don't support their ideas to
ban these
dogs, nor do the
dogs themselves, based on their actual behavior, pose any threat to the public).
Breed - specific legislation (BSL)
bans OR restricts
certain types of dogs based on their appearance because they are perceived as «dangerous» breeds or
types of dogs.
BDL refers to laws that
ban or restrict
certain types of dogs based simply on their appearance or breed.
Given the steady stream
of news about municipalities all across the country considering some
type of ban on pets — whether it's a
ban on selling pets in pet stores or a
ban on
certain dog breeds — it is nice to hear that at least one local legislature is considering a
ban on, well,
bans.
In response, lawmakers have enacted Breed Specific Legislation (BSL), more commonly known as «breed
bans,» which effectively outlaw
certain types of dogs.