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Attention to pitbull owners who break the law could prevent future attacks by the dogs, a shadow minister said yesterday. Cole Simons, the One Bermuda Alliance spokesman on education, added that, although the Government had tightened up the Dogs Act,...

A schoolboy savaged by two pitbull-type dogs is traumatised and suffers nightmares in the wake of the horror attack, his mother said yesterday. Aston Jones-Williams was bitten all over his body by the dogs, said by the Government to be a restricted b...

Pitbulls and cross breeds are the top dogs for requests to keep a restricted breed, MPs heard on Friday. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, told the House they “continue to be the main dog type”, in response to questions from Sylvan Richards...

A pitbull crossbreed on the loose in St George’s has terrorised residents. Now they want the owner of the dog tracked down and warned to keep it under control. Gillian Outerbridge said that she had had several run-ins with the dog in the area around ...

Legislation to take pitbulls off the list of prohibited breeds has won the approval of the Senate. The Dogs Amendment Act 2018 received support from both parties and independent senators in the Upper House. Crystal Caesar, Progressive Labour Party se...

Pitbull terriers, at present are on Bermuda’s list of prohibited breeds, could be set for a reprieve. The Dogs Amendment Act, designed to move the popular but banned pets to the list of restricted dog breeds, will be debated by MPs in Parliament toda...

When Eileen Thorne first found a six- month-old male American bulldog puppy at the SPCA she was thrilled. She thought it would make a perfect addition to her family which included a Doberman pincher, Magnum. At the time she was new to dog training, ...

A woman has blasted the courts for a “catastrophic” failure to clamp down on the owner of a dangerous dog. Amy Ponnampalam’s dachshund, Annie, was mauled to death in 2014 by a dog owned by the same family whose boxer killed Cole Simons’s King Charles...

A killer dog that savaged a family’s pet spaniel to death has been put down, The Royal Gazette can confirm. The news came after Cole Simons, a One Bermuda Alliance MP, said his family were heartbroken after their little spaniel was mauled by another ...

Seven illegal dogs have been flown to the United States in an attempt to find them new homes. The move is a last-ditch attempt to find an alternative to the animals, all pitbull-type dogs, being put down and came after Walton Brown, Minister of Home ...

Two town hall meetings will address dog legislation next week. Speaking in the House of Assembly, Walton Brown, Minister of Home Affairs, said that the ministry has been consulting with stakeholders on updating the Dogs Act, which has been criticised...