Montreal seeks right to appeal ruling that suspended pit bull-related measures
MONTREAL — Quebec’s highest court will rule whether Montreal can appeal a lower court decision that put its controversial pit bull measures on ice pending a legal challenge.
Lawyers for the city appeared in the Court of Appeal on Friday and argued the pit bull rules are in the public interest.
Montreal even seemed willing to make some concessions: a city lawyer promised no pit bulls would be euthanized until the legal challenge is fully heard — something that could take several months.
Justice Manon Savard will deliberate before ruling at a later date, but suggested the city and the SPCA, which is challenging the law, should talk.