Pit Bull Restrictions Lifted in Montreal as New Mayor Makes Good on Pledge
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Pit Bull Restrictions Lifted in Montreal as New Mayor Makes Good on Pledge
After Ms. Vadnais was killed in Montreal in 2016, Denis Coderre, the mayor at the time, said in a statement
that the new bylaw provisions were about "the safety and sense of security of Montrealers." "I was deeply shocked at the recent events involving dog attacks," he added.
be irresponsible for these dogs." She said that rather than single out individual breeds or types, policies could promote education about how to care for dogs or introduce better regulations on breeding, sales and neglectful practices like leaving animals chained up for too long.
that because of the demonization attributed to dogs that look a certain way, people are going to be more likely to neglect or
The dog, Stella, looks like a pit bull, and that made her subject to a 2016 bylaw restricting pit bull ownership in the city.
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.
Alanna Devine said that It was unfair,
(American pit bull terriers, American Staffordshire terriers and Staffordshire bull terriers are often considered pit bulls.)
After Ms. Vadnais was killed in Montreal in 2016, Denis Coderre, the mayor at the time, said in a statement
that the new bylaw provisions were about "the safety and sense of security of Montrealers." "I was deeply shocked at the recent events involving dog attacks," he added.
be irresponsible for these dogs." She said that rather than single out individual breeds or types, policies could promote education about how to care for dogs or introduce better regulations on breeding, sales and neglectful practices like leaving animals chained up for too long.
that because of the demonization attributed to dogs that look a certain way, people are going to be more likely to neglect or
The dog, Stella, looks like a pit bull, and that made her subject to a 2016 bylaw restricting pit bull ownership in the city.
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.
Alanna Devine said that It was unfair,
(American pit bull terriers, American Staffordshire terriers and Staffordshire bull terriers are often considered pit bulls.)