WHATS WRONG WITH BSL?
The biggest problem is that breed-specific legislation, true to its name, requires every dog to be classified as a certain breed. This is virtually impossible! Almost all BSL restricts “pit bulls”. What are “pit bulls”? American Pit Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers, and Staffordshire Bull Terriers are usually thrown into that category. What about American Bulldogs, Bull Terriers, Boxers, or English Bulldogs? To aggravate breed identification conundrums, most legislation adds “and mixes” to the wording. In what I can only assume is an attempt to patch up this mess, the law may helpfully describe the appearance of dogs that fall under the category of “pit bull”. Needless to say, a lot of dogs fall under the description of “wide head, broad chest, and short fur”. Suddenly you’re up to your neck in “pit bulls”! To further the injustice, in many cases the dog’s owner is responsible for proving that their dog is not a member of the proscribed breed, a task that is usually as di
