The search and destroy will only apply to those who have an unregistered pit bull. Am I missing something? As far as my knowledge goes, I believed that pit bulls themselves at this point are not illegal to own, only illegal to breed, trying to eradicate them from here. So if you own a registered pit bull, then it won't be destroyed (unless of course, like any dog, it hurts someone). So basically, the way I understand it, if you have a registered pit bull, it means you're subject to the council checks, but you're allowed to have the dog. If it's unregistered, then it's taken away.

I get that in the search and destroy, dogs will lose their lives. But the onus is on the owner to prevent this happening.