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SUBJECT: REGARDING TAKING IMMEDIATE STEPS TO BAN AND CANCEL THE LICENSE TO KEEP PITBULL, TERRIERS, AMERICAN BULLDOG, ROTTWEILER, JAPANESE TOSA, BANDOG (BANDOG IS A CROSS BETWEEN AMERICAN PIT BULL TERRIER OR AMERICAN BULLDOG AND A NEAPOLITAN MASTIFF OR A MASTIFF.), NEAPOLITAN MASTIFF, WOLF DOG, BOERBOEL, PRESA CANARIO, FILA BRASILEIRO, TOSA INU, CANE CORSO, DOGO ARGENTINO AND CROSS BREEDS THEREOF WHICH ARE DANGEROUS AND HARMFUL TO THE LIFE OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. SIR/MADAM, We respectfully bring to your kind attention making the request for concrete actions for including above mentioned breeds and crossbreeds of dogs in the list of dangerous dogs, implement regulations to ban these dogs, revoke licenses for keeping these breeds/ crossbreeds, and impose penalties for breeding them. Bull and Terriers have been categorized as "dog bred for fighting" under the UK's Dangerous Dogs Act, 1991, due to concerns about public safety. Statistic from Time Magazine suggests that while Pitbull and terriers make up only 6% of the dog population in the US, they are responsible for 68% of dog attacks and 52% of dog-related deaths since 1982.

Madam, With reference to the above-cited subject, it is stated that Board is in receipt of representation from the petitioner organisation for consideration of the banning and cancelling the licenses for such dogs and to save the public from there dangerous actions of attacking by such dangerous dogs breeds on the public by causing serious harms to the public.
2. In this regard, petition was filed by the organisation for consideration of the banning and cancelling the licenses for such dogs and to save the public and has given a detail reasoning based on which they are requesting make policy for stronger regulation and enforcement of ownership an breeding of dangerous dog breeds to ensure etch public safety in line with the action taken by various other countries. However, the aforesaid writ has been dismissed by the Hon'ble High court vide its order dated 05.10.2023 (copy enclosed) as withdrawal with a liberty to prefer a representation before ether appropriate authorities.
3. Further, petitioner organisation has submitted its representation for consideration of the banning and cancelling the licenses for such dogs and to save the public from there dangerous actions of attacking by such dangerous dogs breeds on the public by causing serious harms to the public.
4. Therefore, in view of the above, the above representation is being forwarded for your kind consideration and necessary action."

(Emphasis supplied) After the said communication, it appears, that a Committee is constituted, though no proceedings of the Committee is placed before the Court. The composition of the Committee is adverted in the statement of objections. The composition is as follows:

16. Attacks by dogs hitherto other animals or even to the human beings is not uncommon anywhere in the globe and not even in this Nation. It is in public domain that every now and then the PETA or individual citizen have raised concern about the dogs which are ferocious or otherwise, indulging in inflicting harm upon citizens. The intervener PETA has placed plethora of material to demonstrate such instances, a few of them I deem it appropriate to notice:

An incident on 20-01-2024 is reported that the dog breed pitbull has attacked a toddler who received 3 fractures and multiples stitches; an American Bulldog attacked a 7 years old girl in Delhi; again, a German Shepherd attacked a 2 years old in Delhi and a 70 years old women in Roorkee was mauled to death by American Bulldog. It is not only the human beings that are attacked, but 3 pitbull dogs in Bhondsi mauled down a cow. There are several instances where dogs have indulged in biting the private parts of man. All these factors are in public domain.