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Pit bull–type dog wearing a muzzle. In law, breed-specific legislation (BSL) is a type of law that prohibits or restricts particular breeds or types of dog. [1] Such laws range from outright bans on the possession of these dogs, to restrictions and conditions on ownership, and often establishes a legal presumption that such dogs are dangerous or vicious to prevent dog attacks.
The Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2018 , also called the DCMTPA, is a bipartisan bill outlawing the slaughter and trade of cats and dogs in the United States. It passed the House by voice vote on September 12, 2018.
Dog attacks rose in the first five months of the ban on the XL bully breed, figures obtained by The Independent revealed - as police chiefs warn the legislation will be no “overnight fix ...
Lord Baker, who introduced the legislation when home secretary in 1991, said the dog types should be ‘neutered or destroyed’. Sunak’s American XL bully dogs ban backed by architect of ...
Legislation would close the loophole in California's pet retail ban by prohibiting brokers from selling or shipping dogs to consumers in the state, in response to a Times investigation.
On 3 July 2020, the Nagaland cabinet meeting passed the legislation for banning the sale and consumption of dog meat in the state. [164] [165] The regulation was enacted the next day when the Chief Secretary of Nagaland, Temjen Toy, issued an order banning dog markets, the commercial import and trading of dogs, and commercial sale of dog meat.
Why is the ban happening? The ban is coming into place following a string of violent dog attacks seen in the UK. At least six out of 10 fatal dog attacks in the UK last year involved an XL bully ...
United States v. Stevens, 559 U.S. 460 (2010), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, which ruled that 18 U.S.C. § 48, [1] a federal statute criminalizing the commercial production, sale, or possession of depictions of cruelty to animals, was an unconstitutional abridgment of the First Amendment right to freedom of speech.