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Council to lift ban on pitbulls for tenants
DUBLIN City Council is to allow some of its tenants to keep
so-called "dangerous" breeds of dogs, provided they are spayed
and micro-chipped.
In a review of its ban on 10 breeds introduced last year, the
council has decided to allow tenants to keep their pets provided
they had them before the ban was introduced on July 1 last year.
Yesterday, the local authority said it had joined with charity
Dogs Trust Ireland to provide neutering and micro-chipping of
dogs free of charge for c! ouncil tenants. But if owners do not
avail of the service by September 30, the council will consider
them to be in breach of their tenancy agreement and they could
be evicted.
The ban on some dogs including pitbull terriers, bull mastiffs,
dobermans and English bull terriers was introduced following a
number of attacks.
Parks
The city council banned them from all council-owned property
including public parks.
The council said it had decided to allow existing owners to keep
their pets. However, tenants will not be allowed acquire the
dogs in the future.
"In respect of the 10 restricted breeds of dog, we acknowledge
that a number of our tenants are responsible dog owners and have
built up a relationship with one of these breeds and would,
understandably, be upset if they had to give their dog away or
have it put down," Vincent Healy from the council's housing and
residential services said.
"Accordingly we are happy to allow them to keep their dogs
provided they agree to have them micro-chipped and
neutered/spayed. "However, we remain steadfast in achieving our
primary objective to ensure that our streets, parks, and council
neighbourhoods are safe for people to walk and for children to
play in.
"Where tenants persist in illegally keeping one of the 10
restricted breeds of dog in their home, the council will
consider such action to be a breach of tenancy, will issue a
notice to quit, and this could ultimately lead to eviction."
The restricted breeds are American pitbull terrier; Bull
Mastiff; Doberman Pinscher; English bull terrier; German
Shepherd; Japanese Akita; Japanese Tosa; Rhodesian Ridgeback;
Rottweiler and Staffordshire bull terrier.
Meanwhile, the Dutch government says it will lift a
long-standing ban on pitbulls because it did not lead to any
decrease in bite incidents.
Instead, the country will focus on enforcing local leashing laws
and owner education
programmes. In future, dogs that display aggression will be
tested by an expert.
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/council-to-lift-ban-on-pitbulls-for--tenants-1403846.html
Summer of 2007
Dublin Council Bans 11 Dog Breeds
In a move which is set to send shockwaves throughout the dog
owning community, Dublin City Council has announced that it is
banning with immediate effect, 11 popular pet dog breeds.
The breeds to be banned are:
English Bull Terrier
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
American Pit Bull Terrier
Rottweiler
German Shepherd
Doberman
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Japanese Akita
Bull Mastiff
Japanese Tosa
Bandog
The ban only applies to dog owners living in council housing in
the city. In light of increasing numbers of complaints from
council residents, the council have opted to ban the breeds. It
is reported that the council are concerned over litigation
should a council tenant be injured in an attack from any of the
above breeds.
If the dogs can not be provided with alternative accommodation
cannot be found for they will be destroyed.
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