Sentences with phrase «bans on the breed»

The governor signed House Bill 97 into law in November of 2014 and it went into effect in 2015, making Utah the 19th state in the nation to have a statewide ban on breed discrimination.

There may also be bans on breeds considered dangerous such as Staffordshire (Pit) Bull Terrier, Akita, Presa Canario, and others, but these differ from country to country.

In an Oregon county, Pit Bulls are killed en masse in a shelter with an avowed No Kill goal by misusing temperament testing as a de facto ban on the breed.

It was Roy's vision to form a national association of German Shepherd owners and breeders to fight the prejudice against the breed, lift the many bans on the breed, including importation, and to improve the temperament and conformation of the breed generally.

Perhaps a ban on breeding the specific American dog would be more helpful.

Try getting insurance when they know you own a pit, better yet how many cities across this country have bans on the breed?

The only way to stop euthanasia is to stop puppy mills, breeders, and irresponsible guardians from bringing more dogs and cats into a world that does not offer them the chance for a home — and the only way to do that is by passing mandatory spay - and - neuter legislation and implementing a full - scale ban on breeding.

On Friday, Delaware became the 21st state to enact a statewide ban on breed specific legislation when Governor John Carney signed House Bill 13 into law.

Although the ban on breed specific legislation allows Delaware's dog owners to open their family to any dog they choose, it does not prohibit landlords or property managers from barring certain breeds from housing, an issue that a large number of dog owners face.

A ban on a breed will only affect the law abiding citizens who had good dogs to begin with.

In October 1928 the Federal Government of Australia placed an importation ban on the breed which was enforced in 1929.

It could also generate efforts to make it easier to declare dogs «dangerous», make dangerous dog laws more onerous,  or overturn the New York state ban on breed discrimination.Â

Furthermore, many of those who do want them can't have them due to housing facility bans on the breed.

South Dakota strengthened its rating by adding a statewide ban on breed - specific legislation and instituting felony penalties for cases that involve torture or extreme animal cruelty.

Unfortunately too many landlords (including our own government on military bases) believe that a ban on the breed is the appropriate way to handle their own ignorance about the breed.

In that ruling the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals struck down Oklahoma City's policy of not adopting out pit bulls, saying it violated the state's ban on breed discrimination.

But this past week the Oklahoma Court of Appeals disagreed, declaring the state ban on breed specific legislation means Midwest City can not ban or restrict dogs based on breed.

Oklahoma City was not the only city in Oklahoma attempting to circumvent the state's ban on breed bans.

The city passed a controversial ban on the breed last week, but a judge decided on Wednesday that it should be suspended for the duration of the Montreal SPCA's legal challenge.

• Twenty - two jurisdictions instituted statewide bans on breed - specific legislation (or «BSL») by either prohibiting municipalities from regulating or outlawing certain dogs based on breed alone, or otherwise require proof of a dog's supposed dangerous propensities beyond mere breed: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware *, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington.

(b) Though no specific breed of dog is inherently dangerous or vicious, the growing pet overpopulation and lack of regulation of animal breeding practices necessitates a repeal of the ban on breed - specific solutions and a more immediate alternative to existing laws.

Dog Owners» Liability Act, Ontario: If there is a conflict between a provision of this Act or of a regulation under this or any other Act relating to banned breeds (such as pit bulls) and a provision of a by - law passed by a municipality relating to these breeds, the provision that is more restrictive in relation to controls or bans on these breeds prevails.

Not exact matches

Google (goog) will ban online advertisements promoting cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings starting in June, part of a broader crackdown on the marketing of a new breed of high - risk financial products.

The measure bans the intensive confinement of breeding pigs and veal calves in tiny crates on corporate factory farms, where the animals can not turn around or stretch their limbs.

BSL restrictions may include a total breed ban, or some lesser rules such as (but not limited to): higher licensing fees, registering the dog as dangerous with local governments, liability insurance coverage, mandatory sterilization, muzzling on public property, placement of warning signage on private property, and standardized caging requirements.

The IOM committee left open the possibility that chimpanzees may be a necessary animal model to address future emerging or reemerging diseases, which raised the question of whether NIH will readdress its 17 - year - old ban on funding the breeding of chimpanzees for research.

Vidal and CIRVA's scientists also feared that discussion of captive breeding would undermine efforts to extend a temporary ban on gillnetting in the vaquita's range which the government imposed in 2015.

The agency will continue its ban on funding research that would include breeding of animals that could make human eggs or sperm.

Besides shedding light on and banning such cruel practices, the new regulations have also been set up to protect consumers, as pets from breeding mills often end up unhealthy or behaviourally - challenged due to how they were bred and raised.

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.

So far, there are over 70 North American municipalities that have enacted bans on the sale of commercially bred dogs and cats.

Courts in other jurisdictions have tended to uphold bans on specific breeds.

Part of our advocacy efforts includes educating the public on various aspects of living with dogs, with or without disabilities, to encourage adoption, especially of these ostracized breeds that are in great numbers in shelters everywhere due to overpopulation and the bans on pit bulls (read more about Breed - Specific Legislation and other BS discrimination).

Hopefully, the officials will not focus on banning any one breed of dog, despite the letter that Mayor Priscilla Taylor received from a father who's child was attacked.

Governments that have adopted BSL — such as the Montreal City Council, led by Mayor Denis Coderre — target specific breeds (primarily «pit bull - type» dogs) by imposing restrictions on owners or simply banning them outright.

These laws focus on breed, not deed, and uniformly ban the various dog breeds that are collectively known as Pit Bulls.

There is no evidence that banning breeds has any impact on the number of violent incidents related to the breed.

Breed Specific Legislation (BSL) typically takes on two forms; either it creates a total ban on ownership, or it places unreasonable responsibilities on the pet owner such as constant confinement and excessive and often unobtainable insurance coverage on their pet.

In order to maintain their lock on the market and convince Americans to not buy dogs from pet stores or purebred dog breeders, these same rescue groups and shelters are lobbying legislatures and city councils all across this nation to outlaw dog breeding and ban pet stores from selling pets.

This means not seizing dogs because of the way they look based on a city's breed ban (or repealing that law)

As a final word on standards, for the benefit of the breed it would be best if countries with docking bans came to some kind of consensus on wording that describes the tail so that what is and is not considered correct is uniform throughout the breed.

Randall Lockwood, director of higher education programs for the Humane Society of the United States, frowns on legislation that bans breeds like the pit bull but supports laws that penalize owners for not taking precautions with aggressive animals.

Although, yes, pit bulls are in fact banned in some states based on Breed Specification Legislation, they aren't not the only types of dogs that are, and it is not effective in law in every state.

Dogs like the pit bull have a bloody track record, but their owners — not the dogs — should be the focus of local and state laws, a national expert on canine attacks said Saturday.Randall Lockwood, director of higher education programs for the Humane Society of the United States, frowns on legislation that bans breeds like the pit bull but supports laws that penalize owners for not taking precautions with aggressive animals.

Okas said the Kennel Club, the Humane Society and other animal rights groups rarely agree on everything, but they are unanimous in opposing breed - specific bans.

The Florida Legislature passed a law preventing local governments from banning specific dog breeds in 1990, but lawmakers left intact Miami - Dade County's ban on pit bulls.

These are just some examples which show how targeting owners» and their behavior can have a bigger effect on reduction of the number of dog - bite - related cases than breed bans and BSL.

A number of municipalities have enacted breed - specific legislation (BSL), in some cases banning «pitbull - type» dogs (and / or Rottweilers and other large breeds), and in others requiring that they be spayed or neutered, or imposing special restrictions on their housing.

Priorities in the charity's Manifesto for Cats: Northern Ireland include updating the law to control the breeding and sale of cats, a ban on snares and the inclusion of animal welfare into the Northern Irish curriculum.

Fortunately, more people and their elected officials are learning why breed bans don't make sense, and BSL is on the decline.