Some Montreal dog owners say they still don't know how the registration process for a pit bull permit will work —less than a week before the proposed rules are expected to come into effect. Owners of American pit bull terriers, American Staffordshire terriers and Staffordshire bull terriers, or mixes of these breeds, will be required to obtain a special $150 licence and comply with other restrictions to keep their dogs. Bylaw unclearThe bylaw proposal does not indicate what documentation owners can use to prove a breed, nor does it list which characteristics the dog must have to be considered a pit bull type. "Clearly a chihuahua and a pit bull type don't exactly have the same build." A shortage of 2016 dog tags at Montreal's Ville-Marie borough has left Animal Experts handing out 2013 tags instead.

Source: CBC News September 27, 2016 09:00 UTC