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Montreal suspends controversial pit bull ban, new animal control bylaw in works
Source: CBC News
Montreal suspends controversial pit bull ban, new animal control bylaw in works
Pit bull-type dogs now subject to the same rules as all other dogs
CBC News Posted: Dec 20, 2017 1:31 PM ET Last Updated: Dec 20, 2017 2:52 PM ET
Montreal pit bull owners: you can unmuzzle your dogs now.
The city's controversial animal control bylaw has been amended. The parts of the bylaw pertaining to pit bulls and pit bull-type dogs were suspended during an executive committee meeting Wednesday morning.
The year-old bylaw banned the adoption of pit bulls in Montreal and forced owners who already owned such dogs to buy a special permit that costs $150.
The dogs also had to wear a muzzle in public.
Those provisions are no more — instead, pit bulls are subject to the same rules as all other dogs. They must be registered with the city, on a leash no longer than 1.85 metres while in public, and wear a harness or a halter if they weigh 20 kilograms or more.
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Pit bull-type dogs now subject to the same rules as all other dogs
CBC News Posted: Dec 20, 2017 1:31 PM ET Last Updated: Dec 20, 2017 2:52 PM ET
Montreal pit bull owners: you can unmuzzle your dogs now.
The city's controversial animal control bylaw has been amended. The parts of the bylaw pertaining to pit bulls and pit bull-type dogs were suspended during an executive committee meeting Wednesday morning.
The year-old bylaw banned the adoption of pit bulls in Montreal and forced owners who already owned such dogs to buy a special permit that costs $150.
The dogs also had to wear a muzzle in public.
Those provisions are no more — instead, pit bulls are subject to the same rules as all other dogs. They must be registered with the city, on a leash no longer than 1.85 metres while in public, and wear a harness or a halter if they weigh 20 kilograms or more.
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Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-pit-bull-ban-1.4458038
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Source: New York Times
Pit Bull Restrictions Lifted in Montreal as New Mayor Makes Good on Pledge
By JACEY FORTIN DEC. 23, 2017
Just a few months ago, Renaud Begin worried that Montreal, the city he lives in, was trying to take his dog away from him.
The dog, Stella, looks like a pit bull, and that made her subject to a 2016 bylaw restricting pit bull ownership in the city. Because of the regulation, Mr. Begin got a new permit, gave Stella a microchip and had to muzzle her when she was outside.
He said that he complied but nevertheless got a letter from the city in August notifying him that he was in danger of losing Stella if he did not file the proper paperwork. “I didn’t sleep well,” Mr. Begin said in a phone interview on Friday. “I almost didn’t eat for a few days because I was stressed.”
Now, Mr. Begin, a 20-year-old university student, can breathe more easily. The provisions of the bylaw targeting pit bulls were dropped this week.
The provisions were first approved by the Montreal City Council in September 2016, a few months after a resident, Christiane Vadnais, 55, was fatally mauled by a neighbor’s dog, which the police called a pit bull at the time, in her own backyard.
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By JACEY FORTIN DEC. 23, 2017
Just a few months ago, Renaud Begin worried that Montreal, the city he lives in, was trying to take his dog away from him.
The dog, Stella, looks like a pit bull, and that made her subject to a 2016 bylaw restricting pit bull ownership in the city. Because of the regulation, Mr. Begin got a new permit, gave Stella a microchip and had to muzzle her when she was outside.
He said that he complied but nevertheless got a letter from the city in August notifying him that he was in danger of losing Stella if he did not file the proper paperwork. “I didn’t sleep well,” Mr. Begin said in a phone interview on Friday. “I almost didn’t eat for a few days because I was stressed.”
Now, Mr. Begin, a 20-year-old university student, can breathe more easily. The provisions of the bylaw targeting pit bulls were dropped this week.
The provisions were first approved by the Montreal City Council in September 2016, a few months after a resident, Christiane Vadnais, 55, was fatally mauled by a neighbor’s dog, which the police called a pit bull at the time, in her own backyard.
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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/23/world/americas/pit-bull-ban-montreal.html
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