000130296 001__ 130296 000130296 005__ 20240130142253.0 000130296 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.jveb.2007.07.010 000130296 0248_ $$2sideral$$a66156 000130296 037__ $$aART-2007-66156 000130296 041__ $$aeng 000130296 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-1728-900X$$aRosado, B.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000130296 245__ $$aSpanish Dangerous Animals Act: Effect on the Epidemiology of Dog Bites 000130296 260__ $$c2007 000130296 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000130296 5203_ $$aThe effectiveness and suitability of legislation regarding the issue of dangerous dogs, especially those targeting so-called ‘‘dangerous breeds’’ (DB), have been the object of a lot of criticism. However, the shortage of scientific studies in this field makes an objective assessment of the impact of current legislation difficult. In the present study, dog bite-related incidents from Arago´n (Spain) were analyzed for a 10-year periods (1995 to 2004). With the aim of assessing the impact of the Spanish Dangerous Animals Act on the epidemiology of dog bites, data from the non-legislated (1995 to 1999) and the legislated period (2000 to 2004) were compared in 2 different areas (low- and high-pop ulated areas). According to the results, the population density did exert a significant effect on the in- cidence of dog bites, whereas the legislation in force did not. Popular breeds such as the German shepherd and crossbreed dogs accounted for the great majority of the incidents during the 2 periods of study. Specifically, the German shepherd proved to be over-represented significantly among the canine population. Dogs in the dangerous breeds list, on the other hand, were involved in a small pro- portion of the incidents both before and after the introduction of legislation. The present results suggest that the implementation of the Spanish legislation exerted little impact on the epidemiology of dog bites. Besides the scarce effectiveness, the results suggest that the criteria to regulate only so-called DB were unsuitable and unjustified. It is hoped that this study will be helpful in the elaboration of future regulation measures in this matter. 000130296 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc-nd$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 000130296 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 000130296 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-5084-6555$$aGarcía-Belenguer,S.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000130296 700__ $$aLeón,M. 000130296 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-1581-3085$$aPalacio,J.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000130296 7102_ $$11009$$2617$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Patología Animal$$cÁrea Medicina y Cirugía Animal 000130296 773__ $$g2, 5 (2007), 166-174$$pJournal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research$$tJournal of Veterinary Behavior$$x1558-7878 000130296 8564_ $$s251950$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/130296/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yPostprint 000130296 8564_ $$s1023663$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/130296/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yPostprint 000130296 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:130296$$particulos$$pdriver 000130296 951__ $$a2024-01-30-14:18:11 000130296 980__ $$aARTICLE