Dangerous Dog Legislation
This section focuses on legislation addressing dog bites, dangerous dogs, and breed-specific legislation in various jurisdictions around the world. Often legislation aimed at dangerous dogs is breed-specific in nature. In spite of many veterinary and other groups coming out strongly against breed-specific legislation and little record of success, it seems that many localities and governments enact such regulations. It is hoped that better sharing and communication on this subject might prevent redundancy of efforts.
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First category "attack dogs": dogs without official pedigree and looking like the following breeds: Staffordshire Terrier or American Staffordshire Terrier (Pit-bull type), Mastiff or Tosa type. 2nd category (guard dogs and molossoids) are pedigree dogs registered with the official stud book - the Livre des Origines Français, in short LOF - of the following breeds: Staffordshire Terrier or American Staffordshire Terrier, Mastiff, Tosa, Rottweiler or Rottweiler like, in case of dogs withou -
Further from the AVMA... " Breed bans do not address the social issue of irresponsible pet ownership. Dogs are more likely to become aggressive when they are unsupervised, unneutered, and not socially conditioned to live closely with people or other dogs. Banning a specific breed can give a community a false sense of security, and deemphasize to owners of other breeds the importance of appropriate socialization and training, which is a critical part of responsible pet ownership. In enacting br
