§ 67 - 4.1  Many of these dogs would likely be declared dangerous regardless under most
dangerous dog laws because of their history.
Not exact matches
 That is an outdated myth, and when it is repeated as in a case like this, it contributes to tragedy not only for these
dogs, but also sends a message to animal control,
law enforcement, prosecutors, courts and the public that pit bulls are
dangerous because of breeding and should be killed. Â
The local police chief stated to the news media that the ordinance was «unnecessary»
because the town already had a breed neutral
dangerous dog law in place.
«HB 97 is great for Utah
because it finally means that
dangerous dog laws can focus on behavior — both of the owner and the
dog — rather than breed or appearance.
I learned recently that Virginia (where I am currently living)
laws state «No canine or canine crossbreed shall be found to be a
dangerous dog or vicious
dog solely
because it is a particular breed, nor shall the local governing body prohibit the ownership of a particular breed of canine or canine crossbreed.»
Owners of small
dogs who live in neighborhoods that do not routinely enforce leash
laws often end up with pets who don't get enough exercise or socialization,
because it is too
dangerous for them to walk in their own neighborhoods!
Publicly funded animal control agencies also operate under a range of policies, but
because they are charged by
law with protecting the community from
dogs that are nuisances or
dangerous and
because they do no fund - raising around humane issues, they are often denigrated as animal killers.
(See Losing in Aurora, pit bull advocates set their
dogs on us, Blue Buffalo, & Home 4 the Holidays, Christmas baby killed by pit bulls
because Miami - Dade
law is not enforced, and Quebec introduces toughest
dangerous dog law in North America.)
Through its national pit bull initiatives, Best Friends Animal Society encourages state and municipal governments to adopt breed - neutral «
dangerous dog»
laws that focus on the key causes of
dog aggression — owners» failure to spay or neuter, train and socialize
dogs regardless of breed, or
because they abuse or neglect
dogs or force them to live on chains.
Simply
because a
law designates that these
dogs need to be registered does not mean that they will be and it is the most aggressive dogs that are often unregistered and so the «Dangerous Dogs Act» appears to have fai
dogs need to be registered does not mean that they will be and it is the most aggressive
dogs that are often unregistered and so the «Dangerous Dogs Act» appears to have fai
dogs that are often unregistered and so the «
Dangerous Dogs Act» appears to have fai
Dogs Act» appears to have failed.
In this decision, Justice D.A. Hogarth strikes down sections of a Langley BC by -
law regarding
dangerous dogs because the City invoked them under their emergency powers when there was no evidence of an emergency.