NHS data has revealed that two Merseyside areas are among the top five highest hospital admissions for dog attacks in the country.
Four legged ones? Some of the two legged bitches are pretty scrappy too...
The news comes after two men were attacked in Kirkby, Knowsley, by a lurcher/Bull Mastiff cross at 8.40pm on Saturday, May 21. Police confirmed the dog was signed over to them by the owner and it was then taken to the vets to be humanely destroyed.
No charges for the owner? Reading between the lines in onliine comments, the injured parties were the owners!
And when there's no real consequences for keeping these things, save what the mutts themselves dish out, why be surprised at their prevalence?
Dr Sam Gaines, from the RSPCA, said: "Research tells us that breed is not an important or reliable predictor of aggressive behaviour in dogs."
*blinks*
"It is much more about human behaviour and includes how a dog has been managed as well as whether or not they’ve had their welfare needs provided for and the presence of individuals able to intervene in incidents, which is particularly important with children around."
With 'expert advice' like this, it's no wonder we have an epidemic of dangerous dogs, is it?
There are more bad owners than bad dogs and the scummy "look at me - my dog's hard" owners are among the worst. Some of the following may have been lost in translation:
ReplyDeleteWikipedia: "APBTs make excellent family companions and have always been noted for their love of children. the APBT requires an owner who will carefully socialize and obedience train the dog.
Aggressive behavior toward humans is uncharacteristic of the breed and highly undesirable."
What are the odds, huh? I know why Cerys is presenting a music show, but I don't recall this race-hustling deadbeat knocking out any floor-fillers. Must be something else that attracted our famously impartial national broadcaster.
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RSPCA muppet isn't wrong though. Any dog can exhibit aggressive behaviour, it's the combination of aggression with the size, build and generations of selective breeding based on the ability to kill and feel no pain that is the problem.
ReplyDeleteThere are always going to be chavscum people, so the only way to stop this is by banning the breeding of dogs that can kill. Yes it's a tiny proportion of pseudo shitbulls that cause the problems, but the government banned handguns even though the vast majority never harmed anyone.
In the meantime the keepers should be legally punished for anything the dog does. Dog bites someone, keeper faces an ABH charge, dog kills someone, keeper gets a murder charge. This would require the reintroduction of dog licensing, which could be done online for free, like many cars.
"...the scummy "look at me - my dog's hard" owners are among the worst."
ReplyDeleteAdd to that the clueless 'Oh, but it said on Wikipedia..' woman owner of these four-legged mantraps.
"Yep, I did reply to the wrong comment!"
We've all done it! 😊
"...the only way to stop this is by banning the breeding of dogs that can kill. Yes it's a tiny proportion of pseudo shitbulls that cause the problems, but the government banned handguns even though the vast majority never harmed anyone."
Can't really argue with the logic, can I?