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Originally Posted by WhizGirl
Luckily in the uk there are four banned breeds, hopefully things will stay that way.
Although the AB is becomming a very popular breed right now so it would be extremely difficult i think for the DDA to add this breed to the act, as thousands of owners would be in complete uproar, as AB`s are not as *rare* as they were 5-6 years ago. So the fact that they are becomming a popular breed, especially for families this in its self helps the AB a great deal
plus theres not one single report of an AB attack or bite incident, so this is also a great deal of help with the so called AB issue.
The stories concerning the AB and the DDA as stated are complete and utter rubbish, we shouldnt belive every single thing we read.
Hi Whiz Girl,
I think you are 100% right, I dont think they will ban ABs nor do I think they will ever make the mistake of the 1991 DDA again, lots of people involved in passing the law will now openly admit that it wasnt that successful nor was it the route to go down to solve the problems they were having, it was rushed through without much thought.
I do think however if they tried to ban the AB if they really wanted to they could, the APBT was very popular also in 1991 but it still went through, it is my honest opinion that if these people (like what is happening in Canada) want a law passed it will be passed no matter how many people demonstrate or cause uproar.
I used an example in another post of say the fox hunting issue look at the support those against the ban had hundreds and thousands of people came out to oppose the ban but it still went through. Back in 1991 only a couple of thousand people came out to demonstrate against the DDA and it still went through.
The situation in Germany is awful, really bad, as far as I know Staffords are the 5th most popular dog in the UK with over 500,000 and a huge KC following so I dont think they will ever be banend over here either. I mention the KC aspect because if you look back any breed that has been banned incidentially was not a KC registered breed. I think if a dog has KC recognition and backing the government would find it a lot harder to ban them than they would non-KC dogs.