Dublin City Council - Dog Bans:

Please sign the petition against the dog ban

Dublin City Council has introduced a ban on 11 breeds of dog from all of its council properties.

The ban which will affect existing council tenants as well as future tenants will be implemented through the tenancy agreement and took effect from 1st July 2007.

The following breeds or crosses of these breeds have been named:

With council tenants unable to keep their pet dogs and rescue shelters already struggling to cope, the devastating decision to ban specific breeds and crossbreeds is expected to result in the death of thousands of dogs condemned on their looks alone.

It is abysmal that yet again, trying to ban breeds has been introduced by politicians who have not consulted with those who understand dogs and has yet again been used as a crude tool to try and improve public safety; when the real issue-that of irresponsible dog owners and breeders of all types of dogs, goes unchallenged.

The Irish Kennel Club held a meeting on 12th July to discuss a plan and long term response to the dog ban, the Kennel Club said it wished to address the genuine problems being experienced by Councils by dogs out of control and owned by irresponsible people, in a way that would not cause unnecessary suffering to law abiding citizens and their well behaved pets. Irish KC Press Release

The Dublin SPCA has offered to microchip every listed breed and crossbreed listed and to keep a database of all those micro chipped on behalf of Dublin City Council. It also offered to provide each Council Dog Warden with a microchip scanner to enable any dog to be scanned and its owners details checked on the database. Subsidised neutering for all listed breeds via the SPCA mobile veterinary unit was also put forward as an option. To read the charities response to the ban please click here

EDDR hopes that Dublin City Council will work alongside the leading canine groups including the IKC, DSPCA and ISPCA and find a workable and fair solution. Any dog can be aggressive regardless of breed, it is responsible ownership which is the key and this can be best achieved through education and enforcement of existing laws. Implementation of laws which single out owners of specific breeds are flawed and do not promote public safety.

Please support persecuted dogs and their owners and sign the petition to Dublin City Council against the Dog Ban,

It has over 35,000 signatures (Septemeber) and more are needed.