title: [Dangerous dogs as a problem of regulatory law--the GefHuVO NW].
abstract: The GefHuVO NW Council Regulation, introduced in September 1994 ("Official Ordinance with regard to the Breeding, Teaching, Special Training and Keeping of Dangerous Dogs") deals with the dangers for humankind and animals caused by dangerous dogs. Although the public is regularly disturbed by reports on injuries by certain thoroughbreds (so-called pit-bull terriers), the Regulation leaves out a conclusive catalogue of dog breeds to be classified as dangerous, and rather attempts to circumscribe the danger in abstract terms. Cooperation with the local veterinary surgeons is to provide the information necessary to prepare for the Council intervention. The Regulation lays down a canon with varying and increasing power of legal possibilities of intervention which extend from decrees regarding muzzles to a certificate of expertise, to a ban on keeping animals. In the author's estimation, this new Regulation proves to be legally superfluous and partly--insofar as it creates hitherto unknown possibilities of intervention--as impracticable, as it confronts the Council such as veterinary surgeons in administrative practice with difficult problems of assessment.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Klindt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D001947:Breeding / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003617:Dangerous Behavior; D004285:Dogs / Q000523:psychology*; D005858:Germany; D007886:Legislation, Veterinary
vernacular_title: Gefährliche Hunde als Problem des Ordnungsrechts--Die GefHuVO NW.