| Planning a trip with your Pit Bull? Relocating to a | | | | returned to the originating country at the owner's |
| foreign country with your Rottweiler? You had better | | | | expense. However, in some cases, the animal may be |
| know the rules on entering a country with an | | | | put down. |
| aggressive breed of dog. The consequences for your | | | | If you are the owner of a dog on the following list, |
| pet could be pretty severe. | | | | you need to take extra precautions that the country |
| There is no disputing the fact that traveling with a | | | | to which you are traveling will accept your pet. Keep |
| pet has become a more popular trend in recent | | | | in mind that these dangerous dog bans, in many |
| years. Countries that value tourism as well as airlines | | | | cases, are not based on any restrictions put on the |
| that value additional revenue have made it easier for | | | | pet (i.e. that they will be muzzled while in public,) or |
| the traveling pet owner to see the world with their | | | | the fact that they are a mixed breed. If your dog |
| pet. | | | | even resembles one of these breeds or behaves in |
| Yet, even with the emergence of in-cabin privileges | | | | any way agressively during the immigration process, |
| and more careful cargo handling, comes the increased | | | | there is a chance that your pet will not be accepted |
| enforcement of certain rules regarding the | | | | in your destination country. A saavy pet traveler will |
| movement of aggressive types of dogs. | | | | know the law beforehand so they will have no |
| Recently, Colombia has tightened up its ban on the | | | | disappointments at the customs desk. |
| import of aggressive dog breeds. For those people | | | | Here is a list of breeds that are banned in many |
| who travel with dogs commonly classified as | | | | countries worldwide: |
| aggressive or dangerous, it is very important to | | | | - American Staffordshire Terrier |
| become very familiar with immigration restrictions of | | | | - Staffordshire Terrier |
| the country to which you are traveling with your pet. | | | | - Pit Bull Terrier |
| Almost all countries in the world, with the exception | | | | - American Pit Bull Terrier |
| of the United States and Canada, ban the import of | | | | - Doberman Pinscher |
| certain aggressive breeds of dogs. Some countries | | | | - Bullmastiff |
| have expanded the embargo to as many as 15 | | | | - Dogo Argentino |
| different breeds of dogs. | | | | - Dogo de Burdeos |
| This also means that the airlines who serve those | | | | - Fila Brasileiro |
| countries must ban the breeds as well. Airlines will not | | | | - Mastin Napolitano |
| carry a pet into a country when the pet does not | | | | - De Presa Canario |
| have the proper immigration forms or is on the | | | | - Rottweiler |
| banned breed list. The consequences of ignoring this | | | | - Tosa Japones Oftentimes, these lists are available |
| list can be distressing at the least and disasterous at | | | | through the department of agriculture of the country |
| the worst. Should a dog on the dangerous dog list | | | | you will be visiting. Pet transporters are also aware of |
| make it to immigration, in most cases it will be | | | | these restrictions. |