I refer to the article Woman Leads Campaign To Muzzle Dangerous Dogs (May 25).

As a dog owner and lover, I have much sympathy for Vanessa Grech's case, because watching one's pet die a horrendous death at the jaws of another animal is not something I would wish anyone. I do not, however, agree with the premise of her campaign.

One would accede that all dangerous dogs should be muzzled in the interest of public safety and that the liability, should this law not be adhered to, rests with the dog owner.

Ms Grech argues, however, that "all dangerous breeds should be muzzled at all times when they are in any public place". This is not a fair statement to level at the owners of such breeds because while not all dangerous dogs are pit bulls not all pit bulls are dangerous. Chief government vet Mireille Vella stated in the same article: "A rotweiller is only violent if it is brought up to be aggressive".

This is clearly a case of nature vs nurture, where nurture takes the upper hand. Campaigning for all dogs of a breed with a bad reputation for violence to be muzzled, irrespective of their predisposition to aggressive behaviour, is over the top.

While I will be more than happy that the Dogs Act be revised to enforce the muzzling of dangerous dogs, it is another thing entirely to ask for the muzzling of "dangerous" breeds.