The Argentine Republic does not have a specific law that regulates the possession of potentially dangerous dogs, not at least one legislation that affects the entire important territory of this country.
If there is a regulation specifies that it affects the province of Buenos Aires and that it was initially approved in January 2010 through law number 14,107, which contemplated the obligation to register the dog, security measures and containment within the home itself and certain obligations to comply when the dog was taken abroad.
Despite the imposition of this law, during 2012 the Luis Pasteur Zoonoses Institute received 6,500 complaints of attacks by dogs produced in the province of Buenos Aires, mainly those attacks occurred in public spaces and the largest number of people attacked were children between 5 and 9 years of age.
These data led to reflect on the law in force until that time.momen to, and finally in 2012, law number 4.078 was passed, currently in force, with the aim of better regulation of the possession of potentially dangerous dogs, however, again it is about a law that affects only the province of Buenos Aires .
The owners of those dogs considered potentially dangerous based on the law number 4.078 must comply with the following obligations:
- The dog must be registered in the registry before it reaches 3 months of age
- The dog must be identified through a metal plate placed in its collar, it must indicate the name of the owner and the registration number in the registry
- To take the dog to the public road it must be tied to a non-extendable leash with a maximum of 2 meters in length, in addition, the use of muzzle is mandatory
- The home must be properly fenced for to protect people who circulate on public roads and pass near private property where the dog lives
- If there is any incident in which the dog has caused damage or damage to its owner or a third party You must immediately contact the registry
- The transfer, theft or loss of the dog must be notified to the registry, if a new owner is established, a new registration must be made
- is completely Forbidden the abandonment of dogs affected by this legislation
A law on potentially dangerous dogs is still an easy but incomplete response to the need to educate society on animal respect.
At first glance, we can be struck by the attention that The abandonment of dogs affected by this law is sadly sad, animal abandonment in term s generics is not subject to any law , the registration of all the animals of the company, either.
The problematic and insufficiency of this law goes further, because in some regions of Argentina it is very It is usual to have dogs outside the house without any measure of contention, therefore, there is a lot of risk that our dog can attack.That said, it is obvious that according to which neighborhoods the dogs walk alone and are not accustomed to the use of collar and leash, another serious error.
It is also strange in this law that there is no adequate evaluation towards the owners of these dogs, something that should be a priority, because the problem is the education that is provided to the dog, not that it belongs to a certain breed or possesses certain physical characteristics.
The Akita Inu, German Shepherd or Rotweiller (just to name a few), are wonderful dogs who obviously need time, attention, physical exercise and discipline, if you are not going to cover these needs, obviously you should not have a dog with these characteristics.
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