Israel’s News Blog Magazine: Daily Stories Video and PhotosDogs Outlawed in Tel Aviv
In a recent decision by the Tel Aviv Municipality a law has been passed making the ownership of the “violent” breeds illegal. The law will make it unlawful to keep Pitbull, Amstaffs and Rottweilers in the city. The move has sparked some debate over the decision. Meantime the city inspectors will confiscate these breeds if they are out without leashes or muzzles. The city is providing an ultimatum, leave the city or give the dog for adoption. I was actually visiting the pound in Toronto after such a law was passed a few years back and it was filled with Amstaffs. Actually very sad to see, and an obvious result, as most pet adopters are not going to take a middle aged Amstaffs or Pitbull home. I hope this doesn’t happen here.
The decision was prompted by a wave of dog attacks in Tel Aviv. In the last 2 weeks Amstaffs attacked a 12 year old girl and 5 year old boy. The girl was attacked by the neighbors dog and got her upper lip torn off. In the second case, last Thursday, a boy was attacked by a female Amstaff and he suffers from tears and slashes to his neck. OUCH ! So maybe this is a good idea…. The problem in most these cases is that the owners of these dogs neglect and mishandle them. In a few cases I came across the owners (being a dog owner myself) and I can tell you that the dog was the better half of the pair….
I think that people make the dogs. Taco was my best friend and someone who I think about daily. He was 100 Lbs. of heart, kindness and warmth. He might have been considered a dangerous dog with this new law coming into effect but honestly, I would have left Tel Aviv for him without thinking twice. It would have been so worth it.
Ed Gordon said,
October 25, 2006 @ 10:17 am
About time!
Dangerous dogs have no place in city flats and on the streets.
Insurance companies for several years have excluded claims involving these types of dogs.
virginia said,
October 25, 2006 @ 11:51 am
I agree, my son was attacked once, not as bad as it could have been, he did require stitches on his forearm. We have the most beautiful shepard/collie, listens so well I don’t even need to leash him.
Jack B. said,
October 25, 2006 @ 1:01 pm
As a dog lover, I agree to the ban on these dogs, although in
most cases it is the dog owners who are to blame for the violent
behavior of their dog,in any case its “better safe than sorry”.
Mary B. said,
October 25, 2006 @ 1:46 pm
I dont know if this law is good or bad. I do know
that if owners were reliable and intelligent enough these
wouldn’t happen. Their owners are more to blame than the dogs
themselves.
Stacy said,
October 26, 2006 @ 12:47 pm
I don’t know about the new law. I do know that this is one sweet looking dog.
Norm Jacobs said,
October 26, 2006 @ 8:37 pm
If that’s a ’sweet looking dog’, Id hate to see what the bad ones look like!
EB said,
October 28, 2006 @ 9:03 am
Not a dog lover I take it - Norm.