Montreal bans Pitbulls

[Arthur Morgan]

 

Nearly four months after a brutal dog attack that claimed the life of a Montreal woman, the city has passed its contentious pit bull ban.

City council voted Tuesday in favour of changes to its animal control bylaw that include a ban on new ownership of pit bull and pit bull-type dogs. The final vote was 37-23 in favour of the ban.

"My duty as mayor of Montreal is making sure I am working for all Montrealers," said Denis Coderre. "And I am there to make sure they feel safe and that they are safe."

The bylaw vote was supposed to take place Monday, but was pushed to Tuesday due to a busy agenda.

The city announced that the new rules, including the ban on new ownership of pit bull or pit bull-type dogs, will go into effect across all 19 Montreal boroughs starting Oct. 3.

Members of Opposition Projet Montréal questioned whether the Coderre administration would be able to enforce the new rules.

"This is going to create a bigger problem than a solution," said Coun. Sterling Downey.

 

Supporters argue the new regulations give priority to human safety over dog safety and that pit bull bans in other jurisdictions decreased the number of severe dog bites.

"A Montreal woman died because someone didn't have control of their dog," said Anie Samson, the city executive committee member in charge of the animal file.

The city had originally intended to update its legislation concerning dangerous dogs by 2018, but plans were accelerated following the mauling death of 55-year-old Christiane Vadnais.

​The dog that attacked her was initially identified as a pit bull, but police now say they are still waiting for DNA test results

 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-pit-bull-dangerous-dogs-animal-control-bylaw-1.3780335

 

 

[♥SNS-Shinomiya♥]

Useless but reasonable I think

[Gxha]

The problem is not the animals but how you raise them.

[ethereal]

it's sad that they still think the animals are the problem. the problem is the people who don't know how to care for or train certain breeds getting said breed and causing things like this. 

[taebb]

fiddling while the city burns...

[Joon]

I love dogs, and pitbull can be great dogs but like all dogs, they have temperaments. Pits don't have bad temperaments when in the hands of a competent owner, but they do have animal aggressiveness (so does my JRT and many dogs) that can become very dangerous with someone that doesn't know how to handle it. They are strong willed dogs too, and stubborn, so not the easiest to train...but a properly trained pit can be a great dog. Even a improperly trained Pit can be great...temperaments are not the end all, be all (for example my mutt which is chihuahua, JRT and daschund is very very lazy and he is a product of high energy breeds)

 

Rather than outright ban, I think a special license should be required to own a Pit and other large and strong breeds. Any dog can be dangerous, but it is these large and strong breeds that maim and kill.

[Rainism]

My neighbour's pitbull killed my cat, so they're far from my favourite breed...

 

The problem is not the animals but how you raise them.

I agree. Unfortunately, many of the people who own pitbulls do NOT know how to raise them properly and thus we're left with many animals prone to aggression.

[Rainism]

I love dogs, and pitbull can be great dogs but like all dogs, they have temperaments. Pits don't have bad temperaments when in the hands of a competent owner, but they do have animal aggressiveness (so do my JRT and many dogs) that can become very dangerous with someone that doesn't know how to handle it. They are strong willed dogs too, and stubborn, so not the easiest to train...but a properly trained pit can be a great dog. Even a improperly trained Pitt can be great...temperaments are not the end all, be all (for example my mutt which is chihuahua, JRT and daschund is very very lazy and he is a product of high energy breeds)

 

Rather than outright ban, I think a special license should be required to own a Pitt and other large and strong breeds. Any dog can be dangerous, but it is these large and strong breeds that maim and kill.

A licence would be a great solution tbh

[Bom]

It's such a shame that thanks to people not training their dogs and being irresponsible with them these beautiful dogs are being banned. 

 

I love dogs, and pitbull can be great dogs but like all dogs, they have temperaments. Pits don't have bad temperaments when in the hands of a competent owner, but they do have animal aggressiveness (so does my JRT and many dogs) that can become very dangerous with someone that doesn't know how to handle it. They are strong willed dogs too, and stubborn, so not the easiest to train...but a properly trained pit can be a great dog. Even a improperly trained Pit can be great...temperaments are not the end all, be all (for example my mutt which is chihuahua, JRT and daschund is very very lazy and he is a product of high energy breeds)

Rather than outright ban, I think a special license should be required to own a Pit and other large and strong breeds. Any dog can be dangerous, but it is these large and strong breeds that maim and kill.

 

Agree, my friends dad has a Staffordshire Bull Terrier that attacked me. Irresponsibility on his part and special licenses would definitely help stop bull breeds getting a bad reputation as they do make lovely pets.