The Domestic Animals Act was strengthened in 2011 after four-year-old Ayen Chol was mauled to death by a neighbour’s pit bull mastiff in suburban St Albans.
Under the Act, dangerous breeds such as pit bulls can only be kept if they were registered in Victoria before September 2011.
The Supreme Court of Victoria in November ruled in favour of two people whose dogs had been deemed pit bulls by local councils and were due to be put down.
The court found the dogs did not meet the definition of the breed as described in the legislation.
Mr Baillieu on Sunday said his government would look at amending current laws.
‘There is no place for dangerous dogs in Victoria,’ he told reporters in Melbourne.
‘If we have to change legislation, we will change it.
‘We remained determined to get these dogs off the streets, get these dogs out of our lives and get these dogs out of Victoria.’
A coronial investigation into Ayen’s death recommended the onus of establishing that a dog is a restricted breed should lie with its owners and not authorities.
The coroner also suggested veterinarians be required to report to authorities their knowledge of any restricted breed or suspected restricted breed dog which is unregistered, not desexed and not microchipped.
Mr Baillieu said the government would soon respond to the coroner’s recommendations.