<p>The Kanpur Municipal Corporation (KMC) House has passed a resolution to ban rearing of the Pitbull and Rottweiler dog breeds in the city.</p>.<p>Anyone found rearing either of the two breeds will be fined up to Rs 5,000 and their 'pet' will be confiscated, the resolution said.</p>.<p>Official sources said that the resolution has now been sent to the municipal commissioner, who will issue a formal order in this regard.</p>.<p>After back-to-back incidents of dog attacks, the KMC decided to ban the two breeds considered to be dangerous.</p>.<p>According to KMC sources, if someone is found domesticating or selling canines of these two breeds, they would be penalized and the dog confiscated.</p>.<p>The resolution said that people do not have a large enough residence or farm house to keep the dogs of exotic dreaded species, due to which they come under stress and attack people.</p>.<p>"To protect the public from attack, dreaded Pitbull and Rottweiler breeds are banned from the city limits," it stated further.</p>.<p>Additional Municipal Commissioner, Suryakant Tripathi, said: "Breeding of dogs of both these species for the purpose of domesticating and trading is prohibited in urban areas. If any person illegally keeps such dogs in the municipal limits, a fine of Rs 5,000 will be imposed on them and the dog would also be confiscated."</p>.<p>After the incidents of Pitbull attacks in Lucknow, Ghaziabad and Meerut, a Pitbull had recently attacked a cow at Sarsaiya Ghat in Kanpur.</p>.<p>The video of the Kanpur incident had gone viral on social media.</p>
<p>The Kanpur Municipal Corporation (KMC) House has passed a resolution to ban rearing of the Pitbull and Rottweiler dog breeds in the city.</p>.<p>Anyone found rearing either of the two breeds will be fined up to Rs 5,000 and their 'pet' will be confiscated, the resolution said.</p>.<p>Official sources said that the resolution has now been sent to the municipal commissioner, who will issue a formal order in this regard.</p>.<p>After back-to-back incidents of dog attacks, the KMC decided to ban the two breeds considered to be dangerous.</p>.<p>According to KMC sources, if someone is found domesticating or selling canines of these two breeds, they would be penalized and the dog confiscated.</p>.<p>The resolution said that people do not have a large enough residence or farm house to keep the dogs of exotic dreaded species, due to which they come under stress and attack people.</p>.<p>"To protect the public from attack, dreaded Pitbull and Rottweiler breeds are banned from the city limits," it stated further.</p>.<p>Additional Municipal Commissioner, Suryakant Tripathi, said: "Breeding of dogs of both these species for the purpose of domesticating and trading is prohibited in urban areas. If any person illegally keeps such dogs in the municipal limits, a fine of Rs 5,000 will be imposed on them and the dog would also be confiscated."</p>.<p>After the incidents of Pitbull attacks in Lucknow, Ghaziabad and Meerut, a Pitbull had recently attacked a cow at Sarsaiya Ghat in Kanpur.</p>.<p>The video of the Kanpur incident had gone viral on social media.</p>