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In reply to the discussion: Man commits suicide after authorities seize dog for being a 'illegal breed' [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Most are not bred outside their respective home nations - and it seems simple enough for a government to simply ban import.
The problem is not the particular breeds, but the methods of judgement by hte authorities, and the penalty. If a dog is physically similar to a breed on the list, it will be taken and euthanized, unless the owner can prove that it is not descended in any part from the proscribed breeds.
First off is a simple problem of logic - you cannot prove a negative. You can prove what your dog IS descended from... if you have pedigree information. but of course that only works for pedigreed breeds from registered breeders. For mutts, you're basically going to have your dog stolen and killed because it has a blocky head, with zero recourse.
And of course there are no registered breeders of the proscribed breeds. So this entire program amounts to rounding up and killing any dog that the police think could at any part of its ancestry, be related to one of these animals. Which is simply insane.