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Restricted Breed Legislation in Tasmania - July 2007

AVA CCAC strongly supports the Tasmanian working group's recommendation NOT to introduce restricted breed legislation (RBL) into Tasmania. RBL is a "quick fix" political solution which is difficult if not impossible (and certainly expensive) to enforce:

- there is no simple solution to establishing whether an individual dog is a member of a restricted breed;

- how do you handle cross breeds?;

- it is an inherently unfair system, tarring all members of a breed and their owner with the same brush when that dog may be of good temperament and be kept in a socially responsible manner;

- it "captures" only a small percentage of the dogs responsible for harassing, biting and attacking;

- and it has not been demonstrated to be effective anywhere in the world.