Montreal's SPCA will ask the Quebec Superior Court to review the city's new animal control bylaw in a bid to have the sections targeting "pit bull-type dogs" declared illegal. But the SPCA wants the sections of the new bylaw concerning "pit bull-type dogs" declared illegal on the following grounds:It discriminates by creating additional and punitive obligations for owners and guardians of pit bull-type dogs, which the SPCA argues are not dangerous. It is "vague and imprecise" in its definition of pit bull-type dogs and makes it "impossible to know which dogs fall into this category." It fails to include a means to challenge the designation of a dog as a pit bull-type breed. It is unreasonable that the bylaw treats all pit bull-type dogs as dangerous dogs despite what the agency says is the lack of credible evidence that they are inherently dangerous.

Source: CBC News September 28, 2016 19:30 UTC