COA mulls ban on pit bulls in wake of attackBAD REPUTATION: The Taipei Animal Protection Office lists six dog breeds as ‘aggressive,’ including the pit bull, of which 1,000 are kept as pets in TaiwanStaff writer, with CNAThe Council of Agriculture (COA) is considering banning the ownership, breeding and trading of pit bulls, following reports of a pit bull attacking another dog, it said on Wednesday. The council has discussed a potential ban on purebred and mixed breed pit bulls with local governments and representatives of the pet industry, Department of Animal Industry Deputy Director Chiang Wen-chuan (江文全) said. A chained pit bull terrier sits by a door in Miaoli County on July 2 last year. Statistics from the council’s national pet registry show that about 1,000 pit bulls are kept as pets in Taiwan, he said. The office lists six types of dogs as aggressive: pit bulls, Tosas, Neapolitan mastiffs, Brazilian mastiffs, Dogos Argentino and Molossian hounds, office Director Wu Chin-an (吳晉安) said.

Source: Taipei Times September 17, 2020 15:56 UTC