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According to a report in last weekend's Mail on Sunday, documents leaked from Defra have revealed proposals for a range of measures designed to reduce the risk from dangerous dogs.
The proposals reportedly include:
The first of these looks like being a bit of a non-runner. Aside from the subjective nature of deciding what makes a competent owner, the cost is disproportionate to the size of the problem: 703 convictions for dangerously out of control dogs in 2007. The other two seem long overdue.
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I'm sooo pleased to see that dog ownership is starting to be taken seriously by Defra - as stated above it could prove hard to monitor and enforce but at least its getting some attention on the matter. I think it should be against the law for a child under the age of 16 years to be in control of a dog on their own? We have so many dog owners bringing their dogs in that have been attacked by a dog in the hands of a child/teenager and they just run off! Or am I being too harsh? Anyway its all good - a must for dog licenses and breeder licenses I think too.