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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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we have dangerous dog licences here in Spain. Good idea, but they change their minds all the time about which dogs are dangerous and there's so many forms of paperwork they always change.... its a bit of a pest which means most dangerous dog owners take the risk not to do it! However vet practices are not legally allowed to vaccinate or microchip dangerous dogs without a licence! vicious circle!