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This article has a bad case of article creep and has become a jumbled hoard of information. I propose a simple reorganization, something like this:

Lead

(same content)

Background

(same content)

Types of breed-specific legislation

(list concepts/samples of prohibitions, restrictions, mandates, breed lists, etc.)

Legislation

North America

Canada

(table)

United States

(table)

South America

(table)

Europe

(table)

Asia

(table)

etc.

(table)

Opposition

(lead in about oppositions)

Legal challenges

(summary of legal challs or seriously trim current section)

See also

References

The sections "Samples of legislation" and "Worldwide" are basically the same thing, except that the former is for the USA. These lists should be in the same place within the article. Perhaps break them up into continents, with countries underneath that.

Merge the section "Republic of Ireland" into the table (currently under heading "Worldwide"). Same with the section "United Kingdom" (I notice most of that is already duplicated in both places) and "Australia" (which also has some duplicate information).

New section: Types of BSL For each of the TYPES of BSL, write a bit describing it, such as: ban on owning (or importing, breeding, transfer of ownership), mandatory registrations, restrictions (leash, muzzle, fence), mandatory sterilization, assumed 'dangerous' designations, breed lists, etc.

The section "Legal challenges (in the US)" is a full quarter of the page length. Perhaps break that out into a separate article (Legal challenges to breed-specific legislation in the USA?) and leave a summary in this article (along with Canada's, which seems to be the only other country mentioned for legal challenges). If not breaking it out, then trim it heavily, because a lot of it is quite unnecessary to explain "legal challenges" (what they are, how they happen, which happened, and the results). Or even label a section "Opposition to BSL" and put "Legal challenges" for Canada and USA in there. Then you would have a place to put all the opposition information that is scattered throughout the article.

I also recommend finding a different image for the article besides a pit bull with an unusual muzzle and in close proximity to other people. Though the pit bull seems to be the most B-S-legislated dog worldwide, it also attracts the most emotional responses (for and against). Try a more emotionally-neutral dog breed that is heavily legislated; perhaps a muzzled Rottweiler such as this image shows [1]. The encyclopedia isn't here to try to provoke a response from people, that would be WP:ADVOCACY, but instead to impart information on a subject. That said, a new image isn't part of my suggestions for reorganization of the page but rather something I thought of while working on my reorganization proposal.

The reorganization can be done fairly simply. The section "Types of breed-specific legislation" hasn't been written, but a small stub could be inserted, and later filled out fairly easily. I would be willing to do this reorg, but anyone could do it. Platonk (talk) 01:25, 28 August 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Platonk, I notice you have stepped away from this topic area. The continents should be arranged alphabetically (1. Asia 2. Europe 3. North America 4. South America etc) and the opposition should be moved into the details column for each jurisdiction, realistically this is just pertinent to the US table. Cavalryman (talk) 04:11, 14 October 2021 (UTC).Reply[reply]

A lot of the municpalities in the Unitied States list need to be removed. See https://www.pitbullinfo.org/bsl-continues-to-crumble.html . They keep a running list and link to sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tazdeviloo7 (talk • contribs) 17:57, 15 November 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I find it immoral and unacceptable when dog breeds are taken away just because they look like pitbulls or wolves. Dennis the mennis (talk) 20:44, 19 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

In Studies, the “Fatal dog attacks in USA & Canada 1982 - 2019“ hyperlink leads to a website about why Rottweilers aren’t dangerous dogs 2600:6C50:147F:BF55:303E:F8AB:1DBF:318C (talk) 23:40, 5 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]