Panel recommends ban on ‘ferocious dogs’

Panel recommends ban on ‘ferocious dogs’

Subject: Science and tech

Section: Msc

Context:

• An expert committee constituted by the Department of Animal Welfare and Husbandry, Ministry of Agriculture, has recommended that certain breeds of “ferocious dogs” be prohibited from being kept as pets.

More in news:

• An official letter has gone out from the department to all States listing out these dog breeds as well as instructions to no longer register licenses that permit their sale.
• The expert committee was constituted after citizen groups complained of attacks on people, sometimes fatal by these dogs.
• The High Court, in December 2023 had said it would decide on the issue “in three months.”

Ferocious Dog breeds:

• The breeds include mixed and cross breeds like Pitbull Terrier, Tosa Inu, American Staffordshire Terrier, Fila Brasileiro, Dogo Argentino, American Bulldog, Boerboel, Kangal, Central Asian Shepherd Dog, Caucasian Shepherd Dog, South Mastiffs, Rottweiler, Terrier, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Wolf Dogs, Canario, Akbash dog, Moscow guard dog, Cane corso and dogs commonly classified as Bandog.