Breed discrimination is not limited to
outright breed bans.
Breed - neutral legislation is cost effective in comparison to
outright breed ban and is more readily accepted for the most part.
Not exact matches
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.
Respondents over the age of 55 are most likely to blame the
breed of dog and are more than twice as likely to support an
outright ban on specific
breeds compared to individuals below the age of 35 as you can see below.
BSLs encompass a wide range of legislations from requiring special licensing or accommodations for certain
breeds of dogs to the
outright banning and elimination of them.
Breed - specific legislation sometimes stops short of
outright bans, but regulates how certain dogs may be kept, including mandatory spay / neuter regulations and requirements to muzzle dogs in public.
Restrictions from
outright bans to requirements for confinement, insurance, and spay and neuter often follow incidents in which a
breed and its crosses are implicated in aggressive incidents or dog fighting or other criminal activity.
Many airlines
outright ban other
breeds that are not predisposed to brachycephalic syndrome, such as Doberman Pinschers.
Laws and policies can range from an
outright ban of certain
breeds, making it illegal to own or import them, to restricting where these animals can be in public.
In response to community concerns, Enumclaw leaders placed an
outright ban on several
breeds ¬ ≠ - the Bull Terrier, American Pit Bull Terrier, Stafford Shire Bull Terrier and American Stafford Terrier — that collectively contribute to what is known as a pit bull.
An
outright ban on tail docking for dogs has been scrapped after MSPs voted to allow exemptions for specific
breeds.
These laws range from registration requirements and leash or muzzle requirements to extreme laws in which the
breed (s) are
banned from the municipality
outright.
Many local governments have laws patterned after the now repealed
breed discriminatory law or worse,
outright bans against dogs based on
breed or appearance.