title: [Raising fighting dogs].
abstract: Some experience is reported, referring to court trials of accidents involving members of the so-called "fighting dog" breeds. Analysis of the situation makes obvious that many breeders and owners of these or similar dogs demonstrate an irresponsible attitude, thereby fostering breed standards which should be corrected. A future solution of this problem and of others could only be brought about by a law, which would regulate companion animal breeding and ownership. A ban on special breeds or their integration into a "Dangerous animals act" seems for now to be feasible for breeds only which are explicitly standard-bred for aggressiveness against man. Responsible dog breeding and ownership is postulated in order to avoid a growing aversion against dogs in society, which certainly contributed to the stagnation of the dog population in the FRG during the last years.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Tierzucht und Vererbungsforschung, Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wegner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004285:Dogs; D005860:Germany, West; D011156:Population Density
vernacular_title: Haltung von Kampfhunden.