Sentences with phrase «law on dangerous dogs»

A savage dog attack which left a cat needing to have a leg amputated has prompted the UK's largest cat charity to renew calls to update the law on dangerous dogs.

Following news that the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has recommended that Defra extends the law on dangerous dogs to cover dog attacks that injure a protected animal, which would include cats, Cats Protection has issued the following statement: «We very much welcome this recommendation and are pleased that the issue was raised in yesterday's House of Commons debate,» explained Jacqui Cuff, Cats...

Katy Clark (Lab, rabbit in the headlights) wants a tightening in the law on dangerous dogs.

Not exact matches

On a regular basis city and neighborhood governments are looking at passing breed specific laws relating to pit bulls and other dog breeds that are considered to be dangerous or a nuisance.

While it was encouraging that they were asking for submissions, the heading of the media release is, «Community views sought on the laws relating to dangerous dogs», which wasn't encouraging, since dangerous dogs and restricted breed dogs are not necessarily or even commonly, the same thing.

The attack on Roy McSweeney was horrendous, but the blame lies with lax dangerous - dog laws, the neighbors who owned thedogs and these specific dogs, not the whole breed.

Victoria's Department of Primary Industries is providing information to Councils and the public on the new «Dangerous Dogs» laws that we believe to be misleading.

On the contrary, these owners are acutely aware of the need for strong non-breed-specific dangerous / vicious dog laws, and they fully support efforts to strengthen and enforce those laws.

In addition to educational programs within the community, Love - A-Bull also believes that dangerous dog laws should be focused on the actions or inaction of the owner, rather than on the breed of the dog.

«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.

On the bright side, many states (including New York, Texas and Illinois) favor laws that identify, track and regulate dangerous dogs individually, regardless of breed and prohibit BSL.

We support laws that: 1) establish a fair process by which specific dogs are identified as «dangerous» based on stated, measurable actions; 2) impose appropriate penalties for reckless or irresponsible actions by owners of such dogs; and 3) establish a well - defined method for dealing with dogs proven to be dangerous.

«There is a better way: Research clearly shows that a more effective approach to dealing with dangerous dogs includes improving bite prevention education and implementing non-breed-specific dangerous dog laws, enacted to place the primary responsibility for a dog's behavior on the owner, regardless of dog's breed.»

Basically, these plaintiffs wanted the court to eliminate any restrictions on their ownership of dogs including animal cruelty laws, tethering restrictions, management of dangerous or potentially dangerous dogs, and restrictions for allowing nuisance behavior.

Essentially, this ruling now makes breed specific legislation in Ohio for anything beyond «purebred» American Pit Bull Terriers and American Staffordshire Terriers very problematic — meaning that they would have to go through all due processes and puts more pressure on cities with laws pertaining to mixed breeds and other breeds, like cane corsos, that declaring these types of dogs dangerous without due process is «unreasonable and arbitrary.»

The city passed it's dangerous dog law — which includes a ban on «pit bulls» — in March of 2008, and it has been a huge black - eye and distraction for the city.

The focus of dangerous dog laws should be on the behavior of the dog and the dog's owner, not the breed.

Instead of enhancing public safety, breed - discriminatory laws actually compromise public safety by requiring law enforcement officers to seize or restrict friendly pets instead of focusing on dogs whose behavior is truly dangerous.

If this bill were to become law, it is likely shelters would stop making an effort to the extent they have, to work with rescues to provide training and homes for difficult dogs and simply refuse to release them at all because under this bill it would become the protocol not to do so, to have the dog declared «dangerous» instead. The shelters would not want to release these dogs on demand and so would err on the side of caution by having them declared dangerous.

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

The APDT opposes any law that deems a dog as dangerous or vicious based on appearance, breed or phenotype.

«RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges all state, territorial, and local legislative bodies and governmental agencies to adopt comprehensive breed - neutral dangerous dog / reckless owner laws that ensure due process protections for owners, encourage responsible pet ownership and focus on the behavior of both dog owners and dogs, and to repeal any breed discriminatory or breed specific provisions.»

If you don't sell the dog to rehome it at a large fee it will end up in dangerous situation like labs experiment on them, lie there are laws against that now and frankly its a scare tactic.

Dangerous dog laws that are breed - neutral and focus on the behavior of the individual guardian and dog

The day before the holiday, Cincinnati City Council unanimously overturned the Queen City's 13 - year - old ban on American Staffordshire Terriers and Staffordshire Bull Terriers and replaced the breed - specific law with a generic dangerous dog ordinance written in part by Ohio Valley Dog Owners Inc., an NAIA affiliadog ordinance written in part by Ohio Valley Dog Owners Inc., an NAIA affiliaDog Owners Inc., an NAIA affiliate.

(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.)

More significantly, after pit bull advocates won legislation in 19 states prohibiting the passage of breed - specific local dangerous dog ordinances, victim advocates have mobilized on campaign budgets of nothing to stop the passage of similar laws in at least six other states, as well as defeating aggressive efforts to repeal pit bull bans by ballot initiative in Miami in 2012 and Aurora, Colorado in 2014, winning the 2016 passage of a pit bull ban in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and obtaining the introduction of a proposed pit bull ban throughout Quebec province.

In summary, the ASPCA advocates the implementation of a community dog bite prevention program encompassing media and educational outreach in conjunction with the enactment, and vigorous enforcement, of breed - neutral laws that focus on the irresponsible and dangerous behavior of individual guardians and their dogs.

The ASPCA believes that this approach — promoting education in the appropriate care, training and supervision of dogs as well as state and local laws that address licensing, reproductive status, chaining / improper confinement, cruel treatment and at - large dogs; imposing civil and criminal liability on guardians for their negligent and reckless behavior; and targeting problematic dogs and guardians early with progressively escalating penalties — constitutes the most compassionate, fair, efficient and ultimately effective means of resolving concerns related to dangerous dogs in the community.

In Oregon we helped pass a landmark dangerous dog law and in Monroe County, Florida, we worked with residents and local government to replace an unenforceable $ 500 intact animal fee with a $ 35 fee, removed arbitrary restrictions on animal limits, and made other changes that vastly increase chances for compliance and cultivate goodwill and cooperation between citizens, lawmakers and animal control officials.

Instead, dangerous dog laws from now on must focus on what's said to be the more effective approach: regulating behavior, of the dogs themselves and of their owners.

Her continuing efforts to draft and help pass legislation protecting children and animals resulted in local and state laws She has trained over 3,000 professionals and continues training law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, veterinarians, animal shelter staff and more throughout Georgia on animal law, animal cruelty, dog fighting, dangerous dog laws and dog bite cases.

Some restrictions that various versions of BSL impose are: - muzzling and leashing in public - muzzling and leashing in cars - extra-short leash lengths - automatic dangerous or vicious dog designation, without any bite history - banning from city parks and beaches where other breeds are allowed - banning from leash - free parks where other breeds are allowed - banning completely from jurisdiction (although sometimes existing dogs are allowed to stay)- special (i.e., more expensive) licensing and jurisdiction - wide registry - special tags identifying the dog as a restricted dog - mandatory microchipping and photograph - mandatory insurance (often one million dollars) for each individual dog on the premises - mandatory signage indicating the presence of the dog on the owner's property - mandatory secure enclosures (in some cases, mandatory chaining)- mandatory spay / neuter (to eventually eliminate the breed entirely)- higher fines and / or jail time if a restricted breed bites or menaces - fines and / or jail time for any infraction of any provision regarding restricted breeds - age limit for walking the dog in public - persons with criminal records not allowed to own a restricted breed - ability of law enforcement to stop owners on the street just to check the dog's status - ability of law enforcement to seize dogs without proof of wrongdoing - ability of law enforcement to enter an owner's home, with or without a warrant, to investigate and / or seize a dog

The law requires dog owners to be over the age of 18 to walk the dog, have certification of training the dog, obtain breeding records, always use a leash and muzzle in walks and must be in a fenced yard with clear warning of dangerous dog, or on a leash at all times.

But some pets can prove dangerous and Lake County leaders aim to put teeth in a law that regulates domestic animals.Pets and pet - related issues - from barking dogs to pooper - scoopers to vicious animals - soon will come under the scrutiny of a group that will advise Lake County on proposed revisions to its animal control law.County commissioners recently approved forming an advisory committee to study changes to Lake's animal control ordinance.

A pit bull who was seized from a notorious dogfighting operation in Virginia, rehabilitated in Utah, and adopted by a couple in Texas helped make the case for a new law in Nevada that prohibits local governments from enacting and enforcing regulations that deem a dog dangerous based solely on its breed.

According to the Web site, animallaw.info, the majority of these laws focus on dogs that some consider to be «dangerous» breeds.

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.

Delegate Cheryl Glenn will introduce an amendment to the state's proposed dangerous dog law this week that would prohibit municipalities from banning or regulating dogs based on their breed.

California Assembly Bill 485, which Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law, will institute the country's first statewide ban on the sales of dogs, cats and rabbits in pet stores, starting Jan. 1, 2019, setting a dangerous precedent that could have far - reaching consequences.

Animal Control resources are not infinite, and thus, as animal control resources are used on an unenforceable law that target dogs that look a certain way, they take resources away from dealing with stray dogs, irresponsible pet owners or dogs that really are dangerous based on their actual behavior.

(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.

A «nuisance» dog whose keeper violates the at large or leash law would be charged with a minor misdemeanor on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the 4th degree on subsequent offenses, but the dog would be registered as «dangerous» after the 3rd violation.

Tonganoxie is at least the 19th city in Kansas to repeal its breed - specific law, and the 12th in just the past 2 1/2 years as more and more communities realize that targeting dangerous dogs based on appearance, and not behavior, is an inefficient and ineffective policy.

«Resolved, that the American Bar Association urges all state, territorial and local legislative bodies and government agencies to adopt comprehensive breed - neutral dangerous dog / reckless owner laws that ensure due process protections for owners, encourage responsible pet ownership and focus on the behavior of both dog owners and dogs, and to repeal any breed discriminatory or breed specific provisions.

The new law sets forth a statewide dangerous dog law, and specifically prohibits regulations based on breed alone.

WBZ TV reports on Angel Service Dogs, a Colorado - based organization that trains dogs to sniff out the scents of dangerous foods in the same way that law enforcement dogs are trained to sniff out contrabDogs, a Colorado - based organization that trains dogs to sniff out the scents of dangerous foods in the same way that law enforcement dogs are trained to sniff out contrabdogs to sniff out the scents of dangerous foods in the same way that law enforcement dogs are trained to sniff out contrabdogs are trained to sniff out contraband.