| United Kingdom, England and Wales | KeelatudDangerous Dogs Act 1991 bans owning, breeding, selling, giving away or abandoning these types (judged on appearance, not pedigree); XL Bully added 31 Dec 2023, ownership offence from 1 Feb 2024; existing dogs may be kept only with a Certificate of Exemption. | ametlik |
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| United Kingdom, England and Wales | Suukorv ja rihm kohustuslikExempted dogs must be muzzled and on a lead in public, neutered, microchipped and kept securely; third-party insurance was required until 30 June 2026 and is no longer required from 1 July 2026. | ametlik |
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| United Kingdom, Scotland | KeelatudSame banned types as England; XL Bully safeguards from 23 Feb 2024 (lead and muzzle in public, no breeding, selling, rehoming) and ownership without a Certificate of Exemption an offence from 1 Aug 2024 (application deadline 31 July 2024). | ametlik |
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| United Kingdom, Northern Ireland | KeelatudDogs (NI) Order 1983 bans Pit Bull terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, Fila Brasileiro and, from 1 Jan 2025, XL Bully; exempted dogs need a council exemption certificate plus annual licence, muzzle and lead in public, neutering, and third-party insurance up to 30 June 2026. | ametlik |
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| Ireland | Suukorv ja rihm kohustuslikControl of Dogs Regulations 1998: restricted breeds (and their crosses) must be muzzled in public, on a strong lead of max 2 m, held by a person over 16, with a collar showing the owner's name and address. | ametlik |
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| Germany | Sissevedu keelatudFederal HundVerbrEinfG (2001): Pitbull-Terrier, American Staffordshire-Terrier, Staffordshire-Bullterrier, Bullterrier and their crosses may not be imported or brought into Germany; keeping rules are set by each Land. | ametlik |
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| Germany, Baden-Württemberg | PiirangutegaPolVOgH 2000: Kampfhunde list 1, dangerousness presumed; keeping needs a permit, muzzle and leash in public, unless a Wesenstest (temperament test) rebuts the presumption. | allikas |
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| Germany, Bayern | PiirangutegaKategorie 1 of the Bavarian Kampfhundeverordnung: fighting-dog status is irrebuttably presumed; keeping requires a permit from the municipality, granted only for a special interest. | ametlik |
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| Germany, Berlin | PiirangutegaHundegesetz Berlin 2016 with Gefährliche-Hunde-Verordnung: these breeds are deemed dangerous; keeping needs a permit, muzzle and leash in public. | allikas |
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| Germany, Bremen | KeelatudBremHundeG (2025 version replacing the 2001 law): keeping Pitbull Terrier, Bullterrier, American Staffordshire Terrier and Staffordshire Bullterrier is prohibited with narrow exceptions. | allikas |
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| Germany, Hamburg | PiirangutegaHamburgisches Hundegesetz: these four breeds are irrebuttably dangerous; keeping needs a permit, muzzle and leash in public. | ametlik |
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| Germany, Hessen | PiirangutegaHundeVO 2003 (amended 2022): one list of presumed dangerous breeds; keeping needs a permit, Wesenstest, Sachkunde, liability insurance, muzzle and leash. | ametlik |
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| Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen | PiirangutegaLHundG NRW §3 gefährliche Hunde: permit, Sachkunde before the official vet, criminal record check, liability insurance, microchip, leash and muzzle outside fenced property. | ametlik |
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| Germany, Rheinland-Pfalz | PiirangutegaLHundG RP 2004: keeping needs a permit (Sachkunde, reliability, insurance), muzzle and leash in public. | allikas |
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| Germany, Saarland | PiirangutegaSaarland dog ordinance (HuV SL 2022): presumed dangerous, rebuttable by a temperament test; permit, muzzle and leash otherwise. | allikas |
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| Germany, Sachsen | PiirangutegaGefHundG Sachsen 2000: presumed dangerous, rebuttable by official behavioural assessment; permit, muzzle and leash otherwise. | allikas |
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| Germany, Sachsen-Anhalt | PiirangutegaHundeG LSA 2009: dogs that may not be imported under the federal HundVerbrEinfG are presumed dangerous; keeping must be notified and needs a Wesenstest, insurance, leash and muzzle. | allikas |
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| Denmark | KeelatudHundeloven §1a: possession and breeding of these 13 breeds and any cross containing them is prohibited (since 2010); commercial import is banned. | allikas |
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| Denmark | Sissevedu keelatudHundeloven §1a stk. 3: commercial import of the listed dogs and their crosses is prohibited; consolidated act LBK nr 329 af 02/03/2021. | ametlik |
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| Norway | KeelatudHundeforskriften under the Hundeloven: owning, breeding and importing these six breeds (and any cross containing them) is illegal; police may order a dog of doubtful breed destroyed or exported. | ametlik |
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| Lithuania | PiirangutegaVMVT order B1-5 of 9 Jan 2013 (under the Animal Welfare and Protection Law) lists the American pit bull terrier as a fighting breed: municipal permit to keep in apartment buildings, muzzle and short leash in public, breeding only with pedigree. | allikas |
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| Poland | Luba vajalikRozporzadzenie MSWiA of 28 April 2003 (Dz.U. 2003 nr 77 poz. 687) under art. 10 of the Animal Protection Act: keeping or breeding these 11 breeds requires a permit from the municipality; the permit is refused or withdrawn if the dog is kept in a way that endangers people or animals. | ametlik |
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| Switzerland, Zürich | KeelatudHundeverordnung §5 Rassetypenliste II: acquisition, breeding and moving in of these types is prohibited; Rottweilers registered before 1 Jan 2025 may be kept only with a Haltebewilligung after a temperament assessment (applications by 30 June 2025). | ametlik |
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| Switzerland, Genève | KeelatudRChiens art. 17 (15 'chiens listes'): banned in the canton for dogs arriving after 24 Feb 2008; grandfathered dogs with a 'carte bleue' must pass a behaviour test, be neutered and be muzzled and leashed everywhere. | ametlik |
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| Switzerland, Valais | KeelatudConseil d'Etat decision 2005 under art. 37 LALPA: keeping these 12 breeds and their crosses is banned (new ownership since 1 Jan 2006); visits up to 30 days per year allowed with leash and muzzle. | allikas |
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| Switzerland, Vaud | Luba vajalikRLPolC art. 2 and 9-11: 'chiens potentiellement dangereux' need a cantonal keeping authorisation (adult, insurance, clean record), a behaviour test (TCOM) from 12 months and up to 72 hours of training. | ametlik |
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| Switzerland, Ticino | Luba vajalikRegolamento sui cani (RCani, in force 1 Jan 2026) art. 14-20: 30 breeds and crosses born after 1 April 2009 need an authorisation from the cantonal veterinary office before acquisition, a training course, aptitude tests at 9-13 months and in year 3; applies to dogs staying over 30 days a year. | allikas |
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| Switzerland, Other cantons | Luba vajalikPermit (Bewilligungspflicht) cantons per SRF overview (Dec 2024): Aargau (8 bull types + Rottweiler), Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft (8), Solothurn (8), Glarus (10 incl. German and Belgian Shepherd), Schaffhausen (14), Thurgau (14); no breed rules in AI, AR, BE, GR, JU, LU, NE, SG, UR, ZG, NW, OW, SZ. | allikas |
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| Austria, Wien | Luba vajalikWiener Tierhaltegesetz and Hundefuehrscheinverordnung: 'Listenhunde' need a Hundefuehrschein (exam within 3 months, repeat after 21-24 months), muzzle and leash in public, handler at least 16 and under 0.5 permille alcohol; Sachkunde course before registering since 1 July 2019. | ametlik |
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| Austria, Niederösterreich | PiirangutegaNOe Hundehaltegesetz §2: 'Hunde mit erhoehtem Gefaehrdungspotential' must be notified to the municipality, extended Sachkunde, muzzle and leash in built-up areas, transport, schools and parks. | ametlik |
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| Austria, Oberösterreich | PiirangutegaOOe Hundehaltegesetz (new rules from 1 Dec 2024): 'spezielle Hunde' are treated as large dogs regardless of size, must pass an Alltagstauglichkeitspruefung and are under leash and muzzle duty in public places. | allikas |
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| Austria, Vorarlberg | Luba vajalikVorarlberg: keeping a listed breed requires an authorisation; muzzle, leash or custody conditions are set case by case by decision (older secondary overview, not re-verified against the current law). | allikas |
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| Spain | Luba vajalikReal Decreto 287/2002 (Ley 50/1999) 'perros potencialmente peligrosos': municipal licence (adult, clean record, psychological and physical aptitude, liability insurance of at least 120,000 EUR), muzzle and non-extensible leash under 2 m in public, one PPP per handler; a 2025 draft decree under Ley 7/2023 would let dogs leave the category by passing aptitude tests but is not yet approved. | ametlik |
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| Portugal | Luba vajalikPortaria 422/2004 lists the 'caes potencialmente perigosos'; Decreto-Lei 315/2009 (as amended by DL 9/2021) requires an annual licence from the junta de freguesia (owner over 16, criminal record, training course, liability insurance of at least 50,000 EUR, sterilisation unless LOP-registered), muzzle and leash of max 1 m in public, secure 2 m enclosure and warning signs. | ametlik |
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| Iceland | Sissevedu keelatudMAST (Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority) does not permit import of these breeds, their crosses for 5 generations, wolf hybrids for 10 generations, or other dogs of comparable origin, physique or temperament. | ametlik |
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| Turkey | KeelatudLaw 7332 (2021) amending Animal Protection Law 5199: producing, owning, adopting, housing, trading, displaying or advertising these breeds is prohibited; dogs owned before 14 July 2021 could be kept if neutered, chipped and registered by 14 Jan 2022, and must be muzzled, leashed and kept out of parks and playgrounds. | allikas |
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| Ukraine | Kindlustus kohustuslikCabinet of Ministers resolution 'Deiaki pytannia shchodo nebezpechnykh porid sobak' (10 Nov 2021) lists 51 breeds and their mixes as dangerous: owners must hold compulsory liability insurance when registering, and use a leash and muzzle where the dog may endanger people. | ametlik |
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| Canada, Ontario | KeelatudDog Owners' Liability Act (Bill 132, in force 29 Aug 2005): no new pit bulls may be owned, bred, imported or transferred; grandfathered 'restricted pit bulls' must be sterilised, muzzled and on a leash of max 1.8 m off the owner's property (O. Reg. 157/05). | allikas |
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| Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba | KeelatudResponsible Pet Ownership By-law: pit bulls may not be brought into the City of Winnipeg (city council voted to keep the ban in 2022). | ametlik |
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| Australia | Sissevedu keelatudCustoms (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956: import of these five breeds into Australia is prohibited. | ametlik |
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| Australia, Queensland | PiirangutegaAnimal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act 2008: restricted dogs must be registered, desexed, muzzled and under effective control in public, kept in a childproof enclosure with signage; some councils prohibit keeping them altogether under local law. | ametlik |
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| Australia, Victoria | PiirangutegaDomestic Animals Act 1994 (Restricted Breed Dogs amendment 2017): restricted breed dogs must be registered, desexed, microchipped, wear a prescribed collar, be muzzled and leashed off the premises, with a prescribed enclosure and warning signs. | ametlik |
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| South Korea | Luba vajalikAnimal Protection Act (amended, in force 27 April 2024): 'maenggyeon' owners need a permit from the provincial governor after a temperament assessment, with registration, neutering and liability insurance; existing owners had until 26 Oct 2024. | allikas |
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| South Korea | Suukorv ja rihm kohustuslikOutside, these dogs must wear a muzzle and a leash of max 2 m; in shared indoor spaces the owner must hold the dog or its collar. | allikas |
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| Singapore | Sissevedu keelatudAVS: Part 1 specified dogs (except those already licensed) are not allowed into Singapore for sale, visit or stay. | ametlik |
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| Singapore | Kindlustus kohustuslikPart 1 licensing conditions: leashed and muzzled in public, sterilised over 6 months, insurance of at least 100,000 SGD, 5,000 SGD banker's guarantee, obedience training. | ametlik |
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| United Arab Emirates | KeelatudFederal Law 22/2016 on dangerous animals, Annex 2 'List of Dangerous Dogs': possession, trade, breeding and import banned except by licence for service or medical purposes; a Nov 2021 ministerial decision updated the list to pit bull types, mastiffs, Tosa and Presa Canario, so the status of Rottweiler, Doberman and Boxer should be treated as uncertain. | ametlik |
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| Brazil, São Paulo (state) | Suukorv ja rihm kohustuslikLei 11.531/2003: listed breeds must be walked with collar and leash, with short leash, choke collar and muzzle for breeds named in the regulation; owners must prevent escape. | ametlik |
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| Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (state) | PiirangutegaLei 4.597/2005 requires sterilisation of all pit bulls from 6 months and restricts where 'animais ferozes' may go. | allikas |
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| Argentina, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires | Kindlustus kohustuslikLey 4078 CABA: registration before 3 months of age, muzzle and non-extensible leash of max 2 m in public, liability insurance, secure enclosure; abandonment is a serious offence. | ametlik |
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| Israel | PiirangutegaRegulations for the Supervision of Dogs (Import and Keeping of Dangerous Dogs) 5765-2004: import prohibited, owners and handlers must be over 18, dogs over 6 months sterilised, muzzle and leash of max 2 m outside the premises, fenced yard with warning sign, no dog parks, transfer only to approved recipients. | allikas |
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| Malaysia | Sissevedu keelatudDepartment of Veterinary Services Malaysia: these breeds and their crosses are banned from import (as published on the Australian government MICoR page for Malaysia). | ametlik |
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| Belarus | PiirangutegaA 2001 Ministry of Agriculture order lists 40 potentially dangerous breeds. Importing them needs veterinary permission and owners must take a kennel club course. Only these six names were confirmed from the list. | ametlik |
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| Moldova | KeelatudANSA says Law No. 256/2025 bans breeding and reproduction of these 11 'potentially dangerous' breeds from September 2027 and sets strict rules for owners. | ametlik |
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| Malta | KeelatudFrom 2024 it is illegal to breed, advertise or sell non-pedigree bully-type dogs of these breeds or crosses, or to keep ones born after the rules apply. Pedigree dogs from registered kennel club breeders are allowed, and existing chipped and registered dogs may be kept. Start date is given as 6 Dec 2024 by the legislation site and 13 Dec 2024 by the Commissioner, and the text says four months after publication, so confirm the exact date. | ametlik |
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