Killing of innocent puppies is systematic of a government with out respect for animal rights and by extension humans which some people consider animals.

If the Minister cant stop her people from killing dogs what power does she actually have. If she does have the power to kill what she is authorizing is offensive to many Bermudians and millions of people throughout the world.

Yes, any breed can be made vicious, but it is not solely based on how a dog is raised.

There are a number of breeds that have a more aggressive nature, Pitts are one of them. Because of their very protective nature towards their owners and how and for what the breed was created. Have any doubts? Ask people who have done everything right and still had a good dog attack and kill another. Not all of it is nurture, some of the issue is nature.

You can not compare dog breeds to races of people. People are not deliberately bred to bring out particular traits, nor do they have the shorter generation length of dogs, without taking into account our reasoning factor.

And the information has been out there for years so don’t ask me to prove it .

Bermuda’s government needs to relaize how far behind we are in regards to this law and get rid of it.

Anything that looks to be 3 – 4 years old or even puppyish , ask the owner where they got it or if you can scan it for a micro chip and then watch their reaction .

Put all breeds on prohibited list onto the restricted list if they are already on the island.

Then an amnesty period for licencing, during which time information on which animals are neutered and which aren’t is compiled. Those that aren’t must be neutered, proven via a vet certificate, with the exception of those who want to breed, from which a small number of males and females are licenced to do so, the rest back to the mandatory neutering. Breeding could only actually be done dependent upon a list kept, by either the SPCA or Dog Warden, of people wanting the breed.

Any animals found unlicenced six months post amnesty would be confiscated and gifted to someone from the list once they’d been neutered at old owners expense as part of the penalty/fine. Animals found unlicenced during the six month post amnesty period must pay a penalty/fine and then licence the animal. (Can’t pay? How about mandatory volunteer work for charity beyond the neutering fee?)

All of this is primarily paperwork, which could actually be done by volunteers who love the restricted breeds and are willing to spend some time supporting them.

This just off the top of my head, probably needs a lot of modification, but… people who want the breeds can have them and the animals aren’t punished for being a particular breed.