panchkula around 50 owners of rottweiler and pitbull dogs on tuesday protested against the municipal corporation mc for its decision to ban the two breeds in the cityholding placards with photos of their pet dogs with messages like my name is thor im 9 years old please do not separate me from my family peaceful as long as my family is with me and mc please do not separate me from my family the protesters gathered outside the mc office they were joined by members of an animal welfare association and two congress councillors later a delegation of 10 pet dog owners went to meet mayor kulbhushan goyal in his office and submitted their representation through the association the owners requested the mayor to reconsider the blanket ban on ownership of the two breeds within panchkula city limitsthe delegation members said the constitution does not permit a generalised penalisation of an entire community breed based on the actionswrongdoings of one member of the community in this case the actions of one pitbull cannot be the basis to generalise an entire species said one pet ownerthe delegation members said there is no breed which can be declared congenitally dangerous their behavior always depends upon their upbringing and environment they live in they saidthe protesters also asked what would happen to the existing hundreds of rottweiler and pitbull pets the delegation members suggested to the mayor to put a ban on breeding and sale of the two breeds and fix a date for the their registration meenakshi from the animal welfare association said our request to the mayor is to reconsider the decision goyal assured that he would consider their suggestions