Rottweiler to Pitbull: Chandigarh Bans Six Aggressive Dog Breeds Under New 2025 Rules
Khushi dwivedi | Nov 16, 2025, 10:05 IST
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The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has enforced a 2025 pet safety regulation banning dog breeds Rottweiler, American Bulldog, Pitbull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, and Neapolitan Mastiff. These breeds were classified as dangerous due to their powerful build, aggressive tendencies, and rising cases of dog attacks in urban areas. The new law aims to enhance citizen safety and ensure responsible pet ownership. Along with the ban, Chandigarh has made dog registration, microchipping, vaccination updates, and the use of muzzles for large breeds mandatory. The regulation reflects the city’s attempt to balance public safety with animal welfare while addressing growing concerns over pet-related incidents.
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (CMC) has declared a ban on six dog breeds by considering and declaring them as a threat and dangerous or very aggressive in their nature and by 2025 pet safety regulation they banned them the decision of ban on them is made because of their increasing attacks and for public safety.
The final list of banned dog breed are:
Rottweiler are always known for their strength and extreme loyalty towards their owner and by not providing the proper training they became aggressive and can attack when not to train how to socialized properly. Their several biting and attacking incident made the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation to banned them for public safety concerns.
American Bulldog is a breed which is always considered for safety and protection by owner American Bulldog is full of energy powerful and muscular in nature their protective instincts can make them aggressive when not to train properly and little bit of carelessness can cause a huge harm by not training them well.
The breed which is famous for their controversy then it's surely Pitbull the history of Pitbull is also linked with lot's of aggression and fighting. They are surely very affectionate towards their owner but sometimes under stressed their behavior changes and that's why the numbers of their attack increases globally. 
Japanese Tosa is a breed which is famous for dog fighting in Japan because of their extremely strong nature and power they became aggressive and can attack because of this many country banned them for their aggressive nature.
Neapolitan Mastiff is very protective and giant breed but they can became over protective for their owner despite their loyalty their defensive nature their huge size and guarding instinct causes risk in household and they became uncontrol sometimes.
Official statement says they are banned because of their increasing cases of biting attacking and for public safety the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (CMC) first consulted the veterinarians and animal welfare boards before banning them. The CMC checked all the violence and aggressive cases of the dogs then finalized the list.
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Frequently Asked Question
The final list of banned dog breed are:
1. Rottweiler
public safety priority
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2. American Bulldog
banned breed
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3. Pitbull Terrier
city wide banned
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4. Japanese Tosa
Law enforced
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5. Neapolitan Mastiff
dog with strength
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Reason Behind the Ban
banned for public safety
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Frequently Asked Question
- Why did CMC banned the dog?
The CMC banned the dog breeds for public safety from rising attack cases - Why bulldog are in this list?
Because of their attacking and biting cases - which dog breed are most controversial
Pitbull terrier are the most controversial because of it's history with lot's of biting and attacking cases.