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Valérie Plante’s administration is moving ahead with a campaign promise to scrap Montreal’s ban on pit-bull-type dogs.

Craig Sauvé, a city councillor and an associate member of the executive committee responsible for animal control, said on Friday that the ban on acquiring pit-bull-type dogs and the requirements that people who already own animals that the city considers to be pit-bull-type muzzle their dogs and buy a special licence will be suspended.

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The decision won’t take effect until it is ratified by the executive committee. That’s expected to happen at its next meeting, on Dec. 20.

“To reduce dog bites, we need to look at all dogs, because pit bulls, contrary to some urban legends, aren’t a dog that’s more agressive than others, or a dog that’s particularly dangerous; all dogs are potentially dangerous,” Sauvé said.

A new animal-control bylaw will be introduced in the coming year, Sauvé said.