Still Waters Posted October 29, 2013 #1 Share Posted October 29, 2013 The owners of dangerous dogs that attack and kill people will face 14 years in jail under new Government plans. People could also face five years in prison if their dog attacks and injures someone, as ministers pledged to toughen up punishments for owners who allow animals to commit "horrendous" attacks. http://www.telegraph...ment-plans.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickian Posted October 29, 2013 #2 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Hmm, if these attacks happen to an uninvited "guest", then I don't think they should be criminal. If a dog gets loose though, the owners should be responsible for everything. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander CMG Posted October 29, 2013 #3 Share Posted October 29, 2013 The owners of dangerous dogs that attack and kill people will face 14 years in jail under new Government plans. People could also face five years in prison if their dog attacks and injures someone, as ministers pledged to toughen up punishments for owners who allow animals to commit "horrendous" attacks. http://www.telegraph...ment-plans.html They should get the prison terms right on people that kill people, rapists and paedophiles first before they start playing around with dangerous dogs and their owners jail terms. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orcseeker Posted October 29, 2013 #4 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Hmm, if these attacks happen to an uninvited "guest", then I don't think they should be criminal. If a dog gets loose though, the owners should be responsible for everything. One instance in my life I had to jump fences of houses to evade a group of thugs. What if one of these dogs were in the backyard? Am I left with the fact of being beaten to a point of who knows how bad or attacked by a vicious dog in the same calibre? I may have been an uninvited guest to those backyards but if I hadn't done that, who knows what could have happened. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander CMG Posted October 29, 2013 #5 Share Posted October 29, 2013 One instance in my life I had to jump fences of houses to evade a group of thugs. What if one of these dogs were in the backyard? Am I left with the fact of being beaten to a point of who knows how bad or attacked by a vicious dog in the same calibre? I may have been an uninvited guest to those backyards but if I hadn't done that, who knows what could have happened. Good point.. I think that would be an unfortunate incident. If the dog is in a confined secured yard and the owner is not around to stop it attacking an individual that has invaded it’s home/space and every effort has been made to keep the dog under control. I don’t think the owner or the dog would be at fault if it attacked an individual that invaded its space, that’s is what most are bought for. At the end of the day you would be the one in the wrong regardless the circumstances leading up to you jumping the fence. If someone jumped my fence, it’s not my dog they would have to worry about initially. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel M. Posted October 29, 2013 #6 Share Posted October 29, 2013 It sounds like everyone wants this to be a black and white issue, but it's not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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