http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/w...nership-of-pit-bulls-after-fatal-mauling.html
A new law that takes effect on Monday in Montreal will prevent residents from adopting or buying pit bulls and require anyone who already owns one of the dogs to register the animal in order to keep it.
The regulations, approved on Tuesday, were drawn up after a woman was fatally mauled by a dog in June, and they will go into effect across all 19 boroughs in the Canadian city. The bylaw requires owners to pay higher fees for the animals than for non-pit bull types; to go through a criminal-background check; and to keep a muzzle on the dogs outside, even in fenced backyards.
(Political knee-jerk reaction to tragic event - there'd be a lot less abused, maltreated animals around the globe if idiots didn't get pets)
A new law that takes effect on Monday in Montreal will prevent residents from adopting or buying pit bulls and require anyone who already owns one of the dogs to register the animal in order to keep it.
The regulations, approved on Tuesday, were drawn up after a woman was fatally mauled by a dog in June, and they will go into effect across all 19 boroughs in the Canadian city. The bylaw requires owners to pay higher fees for the animals than for non-pit bull types; to go through a criminal-background check; and to keep a muzzle on the dogs outside, even in fenced backyards.
(Political knee-jerk reaction to tragic event - there'd be a lot less abused, maltreated animals around the globe if idiots didn't get pets)
