Australia to Launch Online Dog Attack Register
Following another high profile dog attack in Australia, the government has announced it will launch a web-based register of dog attacks that will enable councils to directly submit details of dog attacks to the department of local government.
You can read more about the latest initiative here.
Interestingly, the report contains a quote from Wayne Asplet, described by the newspaper as ‘a veteran animal controller’. Mr Aplet seems in little doubt where the problem with dog attacks lies. He says:
“What the smarties do is they just go in to have it microchipped by a vet and they only mention the non-banned breed; they don’t say it’s part pit bull or whatever the banned breed is and no one says anything,”
However, president of the Australian Veterinary Association, Mark Lawrie, disagrees that breed bans are the answer at all.
“Laws are a blunt instrument and education of owners and children is more likely to get a better outcome,” Dr Lawrie said.
All of which is summed up rather well by virtue of the fact that the breed responsible for the horror attack reported by the paper was……
….well, go here, find out for yourself.
(Clue: It wasn’t a pit bull!)
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What a statement! Pity he didn't write it down first and then read it a few times and think about it. Hint, consider it from the other angle, further hint "what the smarties do" ! Nothing to reflect on the owners then? Only the dog type?
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Hi DavetheDog
Read your comment so Googled the gentlemans name and found this, which is even worse than the statement above:
'Dog expert Wayne Asplet, who works with three Sydney councils on dog laws, said a loophole in the legislation meant dangerous cross breeds have slipped detection because there was no onus on owners to identify which breeds a pet was crossed with.
Mr Asplet said American staffordshires were being allowed into the country despite the breed simply being another name for a pitbull terrier.
He said the NSW Canine Council didn't want to make an issue of the importations because it would upset too many of its 85,000 fee-paying members.
"The bull mastiff is a cross breed of a bulldog so therefore it is a restricted breed under the clear definition," Mr Asplet said yesterday.'
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"The bull mastiff is a cross breed of a bulldog so therefore it is a restricted breed under the clear definition," Mr Asplet said yesterday.'
Wow! and repeat wow. Crossed as a type in the 1800's and recognised as a seperate breed since 1924.
I'd better re-register my GSD's as cross breeds as they are only about the same age as the Bullmastiffs.
I wonder how far back he would like to go. With this thinking we are going to have an awfull lot of applications for Dangerous Wild Animal Licences, lets face it there are a lot of wolves in Britain!
In fact, thinking about it, we had better all renouce our human status, lets face it we are all still just mutant Apes.
I hope the NSW Courts have a whacky sense of humour.
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Hey DavetheDog, chill out mate, you might be classed as a 'whinging pom' if your critical of this experts opinions! Lol
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Guess I must be a 'whinging pom' then ! ;o)
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Oh sorry, no, I can't be. They've only been recognised for a few decades! (Wonder what the cross is? Got it, it's the same as our Aussie Cousins!)
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Hi DavetheDog, spoke to some chums down under, this guy is not that well known to the people I contacted so he is not a 'celeb' dog expert…..if there is such a thing?
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