pit bulls can only legally owned if they are registered on the list of exempted dogs, second most insurance companies won’t insure pit bulls and thoose that do won’t insure them unless that have a court order for the dog to be exempted.

all unregistered dogs are illegal and can be siezed, even if they are muzzled, leashed, chipped and neutered.

the register of exempted dogs is closed and dogs can only be registered by court order. if someone has a pitbull or an unfortunate mutt that just looks like a pitbull, the owner is powerless to stop them from siezing their dog.

If you want to own a Pit Bull and don’t want it seized under the DDA then follow the procedures set out under the legislation..

Get it neutered, get it insured, get it chipped, put it on a lead and muzzle it.

Then it won’t get taken away.

You wouldn’t take your car out on the road without taxing, MOTing and insuring it first now would you?

for help and advice concering the seizure of your dog/the dangerous dogs act law, contact DDA Watch – http://www.ddawatch.co.uk

My guide dog and I were attacked recently by a dog running at large. We were both injured and both required medical attention. The dog was NOT a pit bull. The response of the Animal Control Officer was to tell me I should leave my dog home so it wouldn’t be attacked. The response of the judge was that the owner should follow the law requiring any dog be licensed, which this dog wasn’t. He was not even required to pay medical expenses. The response of the dog’s owner was that I had cost him money to get his dogs licensed and rabies shots because of my complaint. What breed the dog was had nothing to do with the whole thing.

Strictor laws against dogs who have demonstrated they are aggressive, and strict enforcement of those laws; is what is needed!!!!