If you are the owner of American pit bull Terrier, South African Boerboel, Karelian bear dog, Anatolian Karabash, American Staffordshire Terrier, Caucasian shepherd, Alabai (and mixes of these breeds), you should prepare for in the near future they can be equated to the traumatic weapon. With all the consequences from incorrect ownership of such a “weapon”.

To the State Duma for the second reading (it is expected that it will be held in this parliamentary session) the bill “About responsible treatment of animals”, where the owners of the above “potentially dangerous” fighting dogs is mandatory to register them and undergo pre-training in the treatment of them. In addition, as written in the bill, “the owner of a potentially dangerous dog breeds over 18 months must have a certificate confirming the passage of the General dog training course (dog training),” and walking these dogs without a muzzle and without a leash is prohibited everywhere, even in the designated dog walking areas.

By the way, once it came to fighting breeds. The bill prohibits the organization of fights of animals, including human, and even “passionatecutie” (presence) on these fights — what would animals for any purpose as fighters, though the roosters, even dogs, and all other circuses, in which animals can cause injuries, too, fall under the ban.

However, short stories about dogs fighting breeds and the rules of conduct with them is just a small part of the draft law. It mentions a variety of animals.

“Pets”, or, in the usual way, Pets. There are chapters on farm animals; commensal (wild, which doesn’t contain people, but they live in conditions fully or partly created by human activities); office and so on.

Someone will be indignant that MPs strive to regulate, but not to argue that abnormal is just the current situation, when in this area of regulation is not at all. The pet owner should be responsible for his fate and the negative impact of your pet on the surrounding world. Continue reading →