This was an absolutely terrible incident, and my heart goes out to all the friends and family of the victim. Clearly, these dogs were not socialized properly and the owner should be facing consequences for having an inadequate fence or barrier in place, as well as the behaviour of the dogs.
The fact of the matter is that behaviour is not tied to a particular type of breed, and the rules that some have decided to impose that restrict particular breeds simply do not understand dogs. See attached article:
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Particularly low was the connection between breed and how likely a dog was to display aggressive behaviour, which could have implications for how society treats “dangerous” dog breeds.
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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01193-1
Based on this and applying it to our human experience (humans are all 1 species, like all dogs are 1 species), how would you feel if society identified a subset of the human population as being more likely to cause crime? More likely to be homeless or be of lesser intelligence?
Dogs are not humans, I understand that, but there really is no difference if we just point fingers and do not attempt to understand behaviour whether that be animal or human behaviour.
One of my other concerns is how many pets are allowable per household in Calgary, which is astronomical. 3 already seems like too many to me. Could you imagine having 12 cats and dogs?
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Pet ownership will be limited to six dogs and six cats per household and the number of dogs a person can bring to an off leash area will be limited to six per individual. The bylaw also includes increases to fines for aggressive pet behaviours.
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https://newsroom.calgary.ca/responsi...%20individual.
Our biggest responsibility as humans is to be responsible, and there are ways that we can do that properly.