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Breed Specific Bans State And Local Government Research Proposal

¶ … Breed Specific Bans State and Local Government Laws on Breeding Dangerous Pets

While some states and local government have breeding bans on dangerous pets, other states and local governments have failed to address this issue. Rather than a ban on breeding of dangerous pets, the law would be better served to hold owners of dangerous pets responsible for their pets.

The purpose of the study proposed is to examine the state and local laws on breeding of dangerous pets and to determine if a federal law should be enacted on this issue.

The significance of this study is the additional knowledge that will be added to the already existing base of knowledge in this area of inquiry.

Research Questions

The research questions addressed in this study include those as follows:

(1) What types of laws have been enacted by state and local governments to address the issue of breeding dangerous pets?

(2) Are any federal laws in existence that address the issue breeding dangerous pets?

(3) Should federal laws be enacted that address the issue of breeding dangerous pets?

(4) Are breed specific laws effective?

(5) What are the alternatives to breed-specific laws?

Methodology

Of the children killed by fatal dog attacks, more than 80% of the children were reported to have been killed by dogs when the children were left unsupervised "with unfamiliar dogs or when they wandered into areas where unfamiliar dogs were located." (Florida Senate, 2008, p.1) Of those fatal attacks, 32 of the 34 dogs were "unneutered dogs." (Florida Senate, 2008, p.1) The Florida Senate reports that a dangerous dog is defined as follows:
(1) A dog that "…has aggressively bitten, attacked, endangered, or has inflicted severe injury on a human being on public or private property";

(2) A dog that has"… more than once severely injured or killed a domestic animal while off the owner's property";

(3) A dog that has been "…used primarily…

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Bibliography

Breed Specific Legislation (2012) ASPCA. Retrieved from: http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/dog-fighting/breed-specific-legislation.aspx

Review of the Viability of City of County Pre-Emption of Banning Certain Dog Breeds By Ordinance (2008) The Florida State Senate Interim Report 2009-102. Oct 2008. Retrieved from: http://archive.flsenate.gov/data/Publications/2009/Senate/reports/interim_reports/pdf/2009-102ca.pdf

Snyder, E. (2012) Dangerous Dog Breeds. Edgar Snyder and Associates Law Firm. Retrieved from: http://www.edgarsnyder.com/dog-bite/dangerous-dogs.html
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