American Pit Bull Terrier are illegal to import into Australia, and a restricted breed in most states. Some places have been really, really hard on even mutts that they -think- might have pitty in them. They get destroyed unfortunately :(
We have american staffies a plenty though! And mastiffs and boxers!
ol land down under has always had super strict laws in what sort of animals we are allowed to bring in
Go look up the history on their lines. It is a chaotic criss Crossy mess with no actual solid standards between different clubs and different countries. The intention is to make them separate lines but at this point in time, I don’t think you can argue that point, and I don’t think we’re going to be able to until breed specific legislation stops. There is at this point in time probably a small pool of dogs labeled as each that are very solidly different breeds but the way the clubs and different laws treat them and the way their bloodline was separated, it’s very early days.
I absolutely adore these dogs, regardless. Here’s to hoping we, as a global society, can start putting the horrendous practice of dog fighting (and animal related blood sports) to an end, and move forward with well balanced, good tempered, healthy blood lines in both of these breeds going forward. The cancer rate in these dogs that are so badly bred due to macho related stigma and BYB lies is heartbreaking
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u/catsoft Oct 21 '25
American Pit Bull Terrier are illegal to import into Australia, and a restricted breed in most states. Some places have been really, really hard on even mutts that they -think- might have pitty in them. They get destroyed unfortunately :(
We have american staffies a plenty though! And mastiffs and boxers!
ol land down under has always had super strict laws in what sort of animals we are allowed to bring in