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toyolink wrote:Now heard on the news that 2 pitbulls attacked someone in Diego yesterday and the police responded killing both animals.
These stupid dogs don't seem to realise all eyes on them now and is really bad P.R. at this time.Everybody need to go to their kennels and behave.
Owners who themselves at this time don't exercise control of their animals must be hard headed.
I trying my best to do all the right things for years and some jokers causing hurt to all concerned.
Wizard wrote:toyolink wrote:Now heard on the news that 2 pitbulls attacked someone in Diego yesterday and the police responded killing both animals.
These stupid dogs don't seem to realise all eyes on them now and is really bad P.R. at this time.Everybody need to go to their kennels and behave.
Owners who themselves at this time don't exercise control of their animals must be hard headed.
I trying my best to do all the right things for years and some jokers causing hurt to all concerned.
the man who got bitten was running down an iguana into someone yard, then he started to bother the dogs on purpose and one got out and ress a bite in he rass
ignorance of our police dept next thing they start shooting at citizens who get into a drunken scuffle
toyolink wrote:These stupid dogs don't seem to realise all eyes on them now and is really bad P.R. at this time.Everybody need to go to their kennels and behave..
Ramlogan: New Dangerous Dogs bill coming soon
By Ria Taitt Political Editor
Story Created: May 13, 2011 at 12:51 AM ECT
Story Updated: May 13, 2011 at 12:51 AM ECT
If you wish to own a dangerous dog, you will have to face heavy restrictions, Attorney General Anand Ramlogan said yesterday as he promised to bring a new Dangerous Dogs bill either before the end of this parliamentary session (by June 13) or at the start of the new session.
Ramlogan said a team chaired by the Chairman of the Law Reform Commission, Samraj Haripaul, has been reviewing the Act with a view to striking the right balance.
He said he was amazed by the volume of submissions the team has been receiving since the recent incidents of persons being mauled or killed by dogs. "I want to make certain that the type of dogs and the reasons for which people keep dogs is proportionate with the aims and objectives and it must be balanced against the overriding need for public safety so that people are able to walk the streets freely," he said.
"If the dog is there to warn when a bandit coming then that is one thing," he said, adding that one didn't need a pit bull for that. "A pompek can be used for that. So those who wish to own dangerous dogs they would really have to face some onerous restrictions in my view," he said. Those who wish to own ordinary dogs that do not have a predisposition to or history of violent attacks on innocent people should have less onerous conditions.
Ramlogan said as he reviewed the submission he was discovering that the breed of the dog was a status symbol, and it was a status for many different things, from the gangs and the criminal elements favouring certain types of dogs to the elite and high-class.
The Attorney General said he was deeply outraged and offended by the recent attacks and plans to treat the review of this act as an extremely serious matter. "I am giving the animal rights and dog lover interest groups the opportunity to be heard so that when the legislation is finalised, we would have had the benefit of their input and we can come a consensual, collaborative approach, bearing in mind that dog owners may be placing their own personal life and personal financial wealth at risk because they could be sued by the injured victims," he said.
No Government has proclaimed the old act, which was passed since 2000, because it was felt that the conditions for dog ownership were draconian. Ramlogan said the review team has been meeting with a number of animal rights groups and a number of interest groups such as dog lovers groups as well as receiving a number of submissions.
"My intention is to understand the sensitivities of people who own dogs," he said. He said there were many reasons why people owned dogs. They may want a pet but it also has to do with the crime situation in the country, he said. He said there were also social dimensions. He said for example the team received representation stating that a lot of single parents, single mothers in particular, have dogs because it gives them an additional sense of security. A number of single career women have dogs for the same reason, he said.
Minister of the People Dr Glenn Ramadharsingh, who is a vet and is on the committee looking at the legislation, said an attack by a dog is very traumatic and the recent incidents have been very unsettling for the country. He said dogs must be properly secured and the care, management and protection of these animals also influence the protection of human beings, since there were diseases which can be passed from dogs to persons. He said there were also animal welfare issues because many of the dogs that are vicious either come from an environment where people have too many dogs that they cannot care properly for or from aggressive environments where they are trained to be aggressive to strangers and where they are sometimes used for security services.
He said the Committee would also be talking to some of the former victims of attacks as it prepares its review of the act.
