I just happened to stumble on this, the headline caught my attention - might interest some people. Unfortunately, when you open the door to banning one breed from doing something, it also opens the doors to banning other breeds - dobies included <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticl...PITBULLS-DC.XML

" RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - Pit bulls were banned from Rio de Janeiro's famous beaches and other public places in the Brazilian city on Wednesday under new regulations that could eventually make the sometimes aggressive breed extinct in the area.

Many residents own the fearless, sturdy dogs for protection in a city where murder rates are among the highest in the world.

The ban, issued by the state of Rio de Janeiro after more than six years of debate, follows numerous cases of maulings by pit bulls, especially of children. Last year, a pit bull badly injured a 4-year-old girl in the city, while a year earlier another pit bull mauled a 72-year-old woman to death.

Gov. Rosinha Matheus announced a ban on breeding, importing and selling pit bulls and made the registration and sterilization of existing dogs compulsory within the next four months.

In addition, pit bulls, rottweilers, dobermans and fila brasileiro dogs -- purebred as well as mongrel -- can only appear in the streets between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m, and away from public parks and squares.

They can only be walked by a person older than 18 and always on a leash, with a muzzle when in the street. Owners who do not comply can face charges while their dogs will be taken away by police.

According to the Brazilian Pit Bull Club, there are some 30,000 pit bulls in the state. "

Thats like saying yes, I know this a village in afghanistan, but you still can not park a broken down jollopi in front of your mud hut, it's the law. I believe Brazil has alot more problems to deal with than pitbulls, WTF!!!

yes, enacting a law and enforcing it are two totally different things <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> sounds like a bunch of knee jerk BS too me, all for the newspapers.

Interesting!

I wonder if pitbulls can be drugged to be nice all the time? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />