The provincial government said it is going to act quickly to decide what to do about pit bulls and other dangerous dogs.
Several ministers said Wednesday they support province-wide regulation after a pit bull escaped its yard and killed a woman in Montreal.
55-year-old Christiane Vadnais was killed by her neighbour's dog last week when it got through a fence and attacked her in her back yard.
Meanwhile the Sureté du Quebec is retrieving a pit bull after an attack on Tuesday in Ste. Adele, a municipality that has banned pit bulls in 2012.
A woman named Kim told CTV Montreal she went to the house to get her son, who was playing with a friend.
When nobody answered the front door she walked into the backyard, and that's when she spotted the pit bull on a leash.
"I started to run and the dog caught me," said Kim. The dog knocked her to the ground and chewed her thighs before she escaped.
Mayor Robert Milot, said the owner of that dog lied when he registered the animal, saying it was a labrador-boxer mix.
"If people lie to us, what can we tell you. We have no way of identifying the race of the dog to that point. It needs to be a vet to be qualified to do that," said Milot.
He is in favour of a province-wide ban because the municipal bylaw is difficult to enforce.
Meanwhile the Sureté du Quebec has obtained a warrant for the dog that attacked a woman in Ste. Adele, and it may be euthanized.
Milot said Thursday morning that police have seized the dog, and it will be evaluated by the SPCM, Service de Protection Canine des Monts.
If the dog is returned to its owner, it will have to leave Ste. Adele.
Public Security Minister Martin Coiteux said a working group could have regulations within a few weeks, and he anticipated introducing legislation in the fall session of the National Assembly.
Fewer pit bull attacks in Ontario
Premier Philippe Couillard said the need for urgency is evident, and he hoped to duplicate the success of Ontario's restrictions on pit bulls.
The province of Ontario banned the acquisition of pit bull terriers, American Staffordshire terriers, Staffordshire terriers and American pit bull terriers, and placed restrictions on existing animals, in 2005.
Since the law came into effect the number of bites by pit bulls in Ontario has dropped, from 112 in 2005 to 19 in 2014.
Advocates say that other dogs are just as likely to bite, but research indicates that no other animal is as likely to cause death or permanent injury as a pit bull.
According to Animals 24-7, over a 32-year span the class of dogs known as pit bulls killed more humans in North America than all other dogs combined.
During that same time frame pit bulls maimed more than 2,000 people, double the number of maimings by all other breeds.
Research conducted in Manitoba, where several cities have banned pit bulls since the 1990s, shows a decrease in maimings in cities with breed-specific legislation.
Ban in Brossard
This week Brossard's mayor announced he would like to impose serious restrictions on pit bulls this year.
His proposed ban on the dogs comes after an eight-year-old girl playing in a park was attacked by two pit bulls that left their yard.
Health Minister Gaetan Barrette said he was shocked by the damage that can be caused by a pit bull mauling.
"That child has significant permanent damage, not only aesthetically, but the child has nerve damage to her face that will last forever, and that's a dog that does that, and at some point there has to be some answer to that," said Barrette.
Vanessa Biron has undergone several surgeries since the attack, including having several steel plates installed in her jaw, but will always suffer partial paralysis of her face.
