Are wolfdogs legal in Michigan?
Michigan’s planned ban on wolfdogs inches closer to passage as activists and politicians come out of the woodwork to outlaw these allegedly dangerous animals. The arguments are the same as those used against pit bulls and other breeds whose individual members have transgressed against people: these crosses between wolves and dogs or wolfdogs and dogs, or wolfdogs and wolfdogs are called unpredictable, aggressive, hard to train, and prey-driven, characteristics that fit many dog breeds from terriers to the various guardian breeds. Senate Bill 705 bans new acquisitions and breeding of wolfdogs and requires licensing and confinement of those animals already in the state. All currently-owned wolfdogs must be spayed or neutered and permanently identified by microchip.
