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Mayor Valérie Plante says public consultations will help the city come up with an animal-control bylaw that protects Montrealers without targeting pit bull-type dogs.

“We saw that with the previous administration when they decided to do the bylaw (in 2016), a lot of people felt left out and not consulted,” Plante told the Montreal Gazette Friday after the city announced it will consult the public in February and March.

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“There’s a lot of research and studies that demonstrated the way the administration decided to move forward with a specific bylaw against pit bulls was not a good way to go.”

That’s why the city will also consult experts before it comes up with a “balanced” new bylaw later this year, Plante said.

The consultation effort, which includes an online survey and public meetings, comes two months after Plante suspended parts of a controversial pit-bull bylaw introduced by former mayor Denis Coderre.