Montreal's city council has taken the first step toward passing a controversial new bylaw on dog ownership, voting in favour of city-wide regulation on animal control Tuesday night. All boroughs will have to comply with the proposed bylaw, should it come into effect in September. The proposed bylaw would prohibit:Dangerous dogs;Pit bull-type dogs and other dangerous breeds, if their owners don't have a special permit;Unsterilized dogs, and dogs without microchips starting Dec. 31, 2019. An independent councillor in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough, Lorraine Pagé, said tensions on both sides of the pit bull debate run high, and the city's proposed bylaw alienates them both. "Those against a bylaw tell us we don't understand these animals and that we're being insensitive.

Source: CBC News August 24, 2016 12:22 UTC