Prohibition of dog breeds – this is how the parties stand

Call the fact check has shown that several registered dog breeders emphasize the fighting qualities of their dogs and are willing to sell dogs for the purpose of protection, even though it is against the rules.

All parties in the Riksdag now want to see measures to improve supervision and to counter continued dog attacks on people, TV4 Nyheternas’ survey shows. The opposition demands that the government take measures.

Need action now

– It is so clear that measures are needed here and now. The breeding market seems to be pure wild west. We can’t have it like that. It could be about a national dog register or something else.

The government needs to come back at once about what it intends to do about this, says Anna-Caren Sätherberg (S), spokesperson for environmental policy.

The left party wants to give an extra 100 million to the county administrations for more animal welfare checks. The center party demands stronger supervision of dog owners. The Green Party opens up demands for competence tests, like a kind of dog training.

– Before you get a dog, maybe you could go to some training where you can learn how it is, how the different dogs work and get a certificate that you have learned it, says Rebecka Le Moine (MP), spokesperson for animal policy.

Open to changes in law

The government and the minister for rural areas open up to implementing several changes to the law to improve supervision. The State Office has submitted several proposals for changes to the law.

– I ask to come back in detail about what we will do. But the government is determined that we need to do something. Every person seriously injured by a dog is one too many, said Peter Kullgren (KD), Minister for Rural Affairs, after receiving the State Treasury’s investigation.

No party wants to see race bans

There is currently no party in the Riksdag that is ready for a ban on certain dog breeds.

V, MP, C and M currently say no to breed bans. S, KD, L and SD answer that at the moment they do not want to rule it out.

– If we can ensure that the legislation is complied with, these problems will decrease. But of course we are prepared to look at how it works in other countries that have bans.

If they see a steady positive development, then we must always be open to reconsidering the legislation we have in Sweden today, says Martin Kinnunen (SD), environmental policy spokesperson.