Pit bulls, sorry about the length, but what are your opinions on this article????

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A Brazilian state is offering to implant electronic microchips in thousands of pit bulls this year, allowing dog owners to track their pets and enabling the government to punish those whose dogs are involved in attacks, an official said Wednesday.

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An estimated 6,000 pit bulls in Belo Horizonte, some 270 miles northwest of Rio de Janeiro, will have the chips inserted near their spines allowing their movements to be tracked, said city health department official Maria do Carmo de Araujo Ramos, who is overseeing the program in the city, the capital of Minas Gerais state.

Ramos said the chips would help dog owners find lost pets while helping authorities enforce the law.

"Abandoned dogs are a huge problem in Minas Gerais," Ramos said by phone. "If an abandoned pit bull attacks someone, even kills them, the person who abandoned the dog is responsible for the attack and needs to be punished."

Two state residents were killed by pit bulls this year, and 600 attacks were registered.

The state will pay for the procedure, which is not mandatory but strongly recommended, and the dogs and their owners' personal data will be entered into a state database. Mandatory registration took effect in August but the law has largely been ignored, Ramos said.

In Rio de Janeiro, laws require that pit bulls be kept on chains, be accompanied by someone over 18 and be walked only during the daytime.

Editing to say, I think in the right hands pit bulls are wonderful dogs, I was just wondering what other's opinions were. How about this microchipping? It could prevent this breed from being outlawed as some have suggested doing.

Know it all, I agree. All dogs should be microchipped. My cockapoo puppy is.

Answer 1

It's a good start to try to control dogs, but the problem is so much more widespread than that. There are so many other dogs that have agressive natures, and when I go to the dog park other dogs are usually the problem, most of the time it's the lab mixes that are agressive, so I think that we shouldn't discriminate based on breed. I think they need to chip every dog and keep track of them.

Answer 2

All dogs should be chipped. Any breed can attack and kill.

Keeping pitbulls on chains is a problem...it can lead to aggression and attacks...not a good recommendation at all.

And day time walks only? I don't see why the time would be a problem if it is walked by an adult.

But chipping all dogs so that the dog can be found/owner found if an attack happens would be the best way to go...

However, this would be a great alternative to having all pitbulls banned and euthanized. Sadly, the responsible owners will have this done, while the criminal/shadey people will not, so it really won't do much good because it is not mandatory.

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Answer 3

I live in Ontario and am also so glad there is a ban on these dogs unfortunately people are still breeding them and selling them through classified ads. I agree pit bull owners do seem rather delusional they also seem to have a screw you type attitude and seem to love these dogs more now that most folk see the dangers in them and don't want them around. Lovers of these dogs always say it's the owners fault not the dogs but cannot they not see even if it is the owners fault people animals are being injured and killed and something needs to be done? They don't seem to! IMO no reasonable sane and rational person would want to own a dog that could attack them, their kids, their neighbours etc. at any minute. These dogs are dangerous and their owners ignorance is too.

Answer 4

Pitts are great dogs with a bad rap. People have trained them and breed them to be mean dogs for what ever reason, but I have known many pits that were well trained and were the best dogs you could ever meet. Plus people need to keep in mind that a dog, even a domesticated one, is still an animal.

There have been so many dogs that have had this stigma in the past such as Rotts, Dobermans, and German Shepard's. Basically I do feel that ALL pet owners should be held responsible for their dogs but that's going to be hard to do because we cannot hold people responsible for their own actions let alone the actions of a pet.

Answer 5

Microchipping is a good idea and i think that every dog should be but requiring just one breed to just because they are "aggressive" is very stereotypical. Only Pitbulls that have been TRAINED to fight are aggressive, although some that aren't trained to fight are aggressive since their owners didn't socialize them right. No offense to Labradors, but they are fairly common in dog bites and attacks, they are almost as common as Pitbulls if you don't believe that then check out a book called "CAESAR'S WAY" a dog behavior guide.

Answer 6

I know pits are great dogs i own one. But people abandoned them all the time and it is uselly the ones who have trained them to fight or as so mmistreated them they have become a danger. It is sad to say that they are the most abused dog breed. I would like to see a chipping program like that here so we can punish those who would do things that in dager all of us and casue people to think all pit bulls are evil.

Answer 7

They should install the chips in all dogs, not just pit bulls. It protects the dog owner, the dog, and the public.

Answer 8

I think that the people who abandon the dogs should be charged because they are responsible for the death of the two people

Answer 9

pit bulls being chipped i agree but not all dogs what a poodle gonna do or a chihuauha gonna do i men its stupid to chip them in my opinion

Answer 10

to lazy to read but u know how pitbulls r mean well there not thats how they were trained poor little guys. its like ppl some nice ones and some mean ones.