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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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this is a very good idea, they should get veterinary practices and re-homing centres involved- people should have to present their licences when either re-homing, coming to the vets or putting thir dog up for re-homing. Police + local dog wardens should also be able to do on the spot checks + HEAVY duty fines should be put in place!!