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Snuffles Has Been Described as ‘Friendly and Comical’ - Shame He’s Going to be Killed
Posted By Alison Green Date: 1/05 Posted Under: Breed Specific Legislation, Dangerous Dogs“Friendly and comical” but Snuffles must die.
A Ballymena dog warden is calling for changes to the Dangerous Dogs legislation after a court ruled that family pet Snuffles is a banned pit bull type and ordered his destruction. The Irish dangerous dogs legislation does not include the 1997 amendment meaning any dog deemed to be pit […]
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Kennel Owner Guilty of Cruelty to Dogs Seized Under Dangerous Dogs Act
Posted By Alison Green Date: 2/04 Posted Under: Animal Cruelty, Animal Welfare, Breed Specific Legislation, Dangerous DogsA Mossley kennel owner has been found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to 14 bull terriers and one cross breed following an RSPCA investigation and subsequent court hearing.
Stuart Millington owner of Hilltop Kennels, pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to the dogs between 10th March and 24 March 2007. A report in the Tameside Advertiser […]
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9 Months Locked up Under Dangerous Dogs Law - Now Duke, the Lurcher Cross, is Back Home
Posted By Alison Green Date: 25/03 Posted Under: Animal Welfare, Breed Specific Legislation, Dangerous Dogs, Dog NewsNine long months spent being held at a secret kennels has lead to hollow victory for cross breed Duke after a Judge found him not guilty of being a “pit bull type” and ordered he be returned to his owner. Six year old Duke was seized along with his owners other dog, Duchess, in July […]
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Dog Bite Statistics - Are We Being Lied to by Politicians With a Hidden ‘Dangerous Dog’ Agenda?
Posted By Alison Green Date: 4/03 Posted Under: Breed Specific Legislation, Canine Columns, Dangerous DogsFigures released to Norman Lamb of the Liberal democrats have been splashed all over the media alongside headlines proclaiming a rise in “dog attacks”. Pictures of snarling beasts, most often bull breeds or the current “devil dog” the Rottweiler have been used to help emphasise the point.
But wait one second…STOP THE PRESS… the figures do […]
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An Open Letter to the Kennel Club: Simply Saying You are ‘Deed not Breed’ is not Enough. It’s Time to PROVE it!
Posted By Alison Green Date: 28/02 Posted Under: Animal Welfare, Breed Specific Legislation, Canine Columns, Dangerous Dogs, Social IssuesJust over two weeks ago I wrote an article about the Kennel Clubs plans to hold a breed identification course for vets and behaviourists consisting of just four hours training on the subject. Questions raised went unanswered and prompted a second article a week later; after the course had taken place. Despite posing 11 questions […]
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