This year our priority bills include legislation to end wildlife hunting competitions, prohibit breed -
specific dog bans, improve shelter standards for livestock, and require the use of non-animal testing methods for consumer products.
Not exact matches
Dog populations are threatened by breed -
specific bans, pet store sales
bans, and excessive local and state breeder regulations.
Many US jurisdictions have breed
specific bans or vicious
dog laws.
References American Pit Bull Registry American
Dog Breeders Association: The Role of a Registration Office National
Dog Breeders Council Of SA: Bloodlines American Kennel Club: American Staffordshire Terrier History ASPCA: Breed
Specific Legislation American Bar Association - Pit Bull
Bans: The State of Breed —
Specific Legislation The REAL Pit Bull, Inc.: Pit Bull Education, Advocacy, Rescue, Training
Besides mere curiosity and determining possible health issues, genetic testing can help protect
dogs from breed
specific legislation by proving that they are not part of
banned 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).
«Policy responses to
dog bites have increasingly turned to
banning or controlling particular breeds of
dogs (breed -
specific legislation or BSL).
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.
Perhaps a
ban on breeding the
specific American
dog would be more helpful.
You are training a service
dog to help make your life better, not more difficult by facing municipal breed
specific legislation, breed
bans in rental housing, additional insurance costs, and public access challenges.
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.
Breed
specific legislation affecting Pit Bull
dogs ranges from all - out
bans to laws that require Pit Bull owners to carry costly insurance policies.
Hundreds of these
dogs are put to sleep in the U.S. alone every year, and breed -
specific legislation
bans them from entire parts of the country, which essentially serves as a death sentence for many
dogs in those areas.»
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.
PAWTUCKET - «The city of Pawtucket is looking to reinstate a «breed
specific»
ban on pit bulls after a vicious
dog panel voted last week to return a pit bull - boxer mix to its owners after it mauled another
dog to death in June.»
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.
We often hear about Breed
Specific Legislation (BSL) where a state or province has introduced a
ban or restrictions to owning a certain breed of
dog.
W. Bruce Cameron — the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books, including «A
Dog's Purpose,» made into a feature film starring Dennis Quaid — discusses how he decided to make Breed
Specific Legislation, or BSL (in this case, Denver's
ban on pit bulls) a core element of his new novel, «A
Dog's Way Home.»
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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.
Critics argue that
banning any one
specific breed is misguided; they say it's the
dog, not the lineage, that matters.
Every country has breed -
specific legislation (BSL) to
ban specific breeds that are identified as being potentially dangerous in public places or used for illegal activities like
dog fighting.
4) Failure of breed -
specific policy in the UK - The UK has
banned four different breeds of
dogs for more than 20 years, and yet, in spite of the
ban (and likely, because of the
ban) hospitalizations due to
dog bites continue to grow.
While denying ownership or existence of a
specific dog breed in itself is ridiculous without judging each
dog on its own merit as vicious or not, but also as a citizen regarding this
ban, I would be concerned with the part.
The report recommends compulsory permanent identification on a appropriate database linked to an EU database; compulsory licensing of cat and
dog breeders and harmonised EU standards for breeders; a
ban on third party sales of
dogs and cats; appropriate controls on internet sales;
specific requirements for the transport of
dogs and cats in the context of economic activity.
While the Humane Society of the United States and American Kennel Club oppose a
ban on any
specific breed, saying that the relevant factor is the behavior of a
dog and not its lineage, a former Camp Pendleton resident said the directive evoked painful memories.
In the days leading up to this month's crucial vote, some pit bull - type
dogs have been transported to rescues outside Quebec, to places that don't enforce a breed -
specific ban - like Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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Breed
specific legislation, or BSL, is a law that
bans or restricts certain breeds of
dogs from being owned in a particular area.
Australia Denmark (but 5
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ban has exception for guns
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Far better than breed -
specific bans are laws to control aggressive
dogs of any breed or mix and strictly - enforced laws to keep
dogs from running loose or causing a neighborhood nuisance.
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The cost and the manpower involved in
banning a
specific breed or type of
dog has certainly proved to be high with very little effect on public safety.
In Broward, a
ban on pit bull - type
dogs was considered at one time, but was dropped due to a Florida state law against breed -
specific bans.
Breed discrimination often comes in the form of Breed -
Specific Legislation (BSL), which allows jurisdictions to
ban people from having a certain breed of
dog — usually, any
dog that is determined to fall under the «Pit Bull» category.
When I've testified in opposition to breed
specific bans (always involving a community or even an entire state seeking to
ban Pit Bull - type
dogs and sometimes Rottweilers and other breeds),...
Alan Rossiter, chairman of Veterinary Ireland's Companion Animal Society, said it unequivocally supported a
specific legislative
ban on docking of puppies, and a
ban on the showing of
dogs docked after such legislation is in place.
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.
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B.S.L is the
banning of a
specific type of
dog, for whatever reason the head honcho of B.S.L can come up with.
Many national
dog owner and veterinarian associations say the
specific breed
bans are difficult to enforce and ineffective since, they say, if one breed is
banned,
dog owners seeking aggressive
dogs will simply begin fostering fierceness in other breeds.
It's about time... and there's plenty of information here by the Canadians that can be used when helping communities avoid pit bull
bans when non-breed
specific dangerous
dog ordinances are much more effective.
She is passionate about advocating for pitbulls and other
dog breeds targeted by negative legislation and breed
specific bans.
Breed -
specific legislation (BSL) is the blanket term for laws that either regulate or
ban certain
dog breeds in an effort to decrease
dog attacks on humans and other animals.
A recent
dog bite report compiled in part by HSUS vice president Randall Lockwood stated that breed -
specific legislation is not an appropriate response to
dog bite attacks, yet HSUS orchestrated a wolfdog
ban in Michigan that is being fought in court by the Michigan Wolfdog Association.
In a major victory for
dogs and
dog lovers in Delaware, breed
specific legislation, or BSL, has now been
banned statewide.
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 affilia
dog ordinance written in part by Ohio Valley
Dog Owners Inc., an NAIA affilia
Dog Owners Inc., an NAIA affiliate.
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