Breed-specific legislation targeting dogs perceived as dangerous has failed to improve public safety while causing significant welfare harm through seizure and euthanasia of individual dogs.
BSL causes significant welfare harm to individual dogs who are seized, confined for extended periods pending legal proceedings, and often euthanized for their appearance rather than any demonstrated danger. The animals suffer the consequences of human policy failures without any behavioral basis. Evidence consistently shows BSL does not reduce dog bite incidents while causing unnecessary suffering.