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What price Some common sense in Germany at last
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I need to obtain a decent translation of a rather large document
(13 pages) prepared in Germany.
If any Stafford owners reading this are fluent in German to English
translation then please get in touch via the Stafford web site.
Many thanks
David Levy
Berlin Court Decision last Wednesday and questions the judges raised
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Dear friends,
On Wednesday the 6. senate of the supreme administration court in Berlin
decided to cancel the directive of the state Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony)
with its breed list. (Another senate made some weeks ago a contrary
decision for the state Brandenburg). The judges say that the content goes
to far for a directive which
is made by a minister. The content infringes too deep in the rights of the
people, so it needs a law, which has to pass a state parliament.
But it is not only this point the judges critisized. For the first time
since the breed lists in Germany has been come to force two years ago it
was stated that there is no scientific evidence that a breed is more
dangerous than another. The judges overtake the scientists result that it
needs a lot of components which make a dog dangerous. This is very
important, because it is a hint for the politician not to make new laws
now with the content of the directivs e.g. with breed lists.
I expect that now more directives from other states will be cancelled
(e.g. the revision against the directive of the state Baden-Wuerttemberg
and my revision against the so called fighting dog tax will be
successful). Keep the fingers
cross.
Best wishes
Gregor von Dungen 08.07.02
Further explanation of the news from Germany
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Some GOOD news at last!
DL
The highest administration court in Berlin heard the appeal of the Lower
Saxony Dangerous Dog Law (Rudi was there today)...
The ENTIRE dog law was thrown out..no more breed list, no more steralizations,
muzzles and short leashes!!!
This is the same court we are taking the trial for the Bull Terrier to, to
remove him from the national breed list.
This sent a message to the other 15 states in Germany that their dog laws may
also not hold. I will send a more updated message tomorrow on what happened in
the court room.
Rudi and I are very happy..today our dogs are no longer dangerous in Lower
Saxony and can walk freely on the street tomorrow. It is a very positive step
by this high court and sends a signal to all the politicians. Rudi and I think
this will make our fight to remove the Bull Terrier from the Federal Breed Ban
list much easier!
Cheers to all.
Cathie Dettmar
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Some further news from Harald Wiegand in Germany
The Domino Deutschland and the German Kennel Club will be meeting next
week and
hope they will agree to work together against the current anti-dog laws.
The situation in North Rhine-Westphalia has become worse: The government
has
presented a new Dangerous Dog Law, which is much more restrictive than
previously. It will strictly forbid anyone to let any dog bigger than 40
centimetres or greater than 20 kilogram in weight off the lead except on
your
their own property.
The penalties are even more draconian than before and reach up to 100 000
Euro
(£50,000). It is hoped that a translation of the draft of the new law will
be
available soon.
David Levy
Update on the VDH Trial
17.01.02. As most of you know,
the VDH and the breed clubs financed a lawsuit on behalf of 90 handpicked
breeders/pet owners.
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