Country: Portugal
BSL: pending.DETAILS: In August 2000 a representative of a joint committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs & the Ministry of Agriculture was constituted to create a new law. There are few details available in English.
Proposal: muzzle/leash restrictions, mandatory identification system. The following breeds are specifically named in the following document as being considered potentially dangerous :- Pitbull; American pitbullterrier; Rottweiler; Dobermen; Staffordshire-terrier; American staffordterrier; Staffordshire bullterrier; Bulldog; Boxer; Dog argentino; Mastim espanhol; Mastim napolitano; Cão fila de S. Miguel; Lobo de Alsácia; Pastor alemão.
Click here to read details of the proposals Projecto de Lei nª 269/VIII (available in Portuguese only) which is the bill presented by the Social Democratic Party concerning this subject. Use Translator here.
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