Ban on walking more than six dogs to go ahead
Submitted 1 year ago by Mex@feddit.uk to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-66740715
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nxfsi@lemmy.world 1 year ago
TheLurker@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The gigachad is real. 🤣
TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 year ago
He argued dog owners with fewer dogs were often less able to control them.
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“Two Labradors came over that were totally out of control, whereas we noticed in the corner of the field there was a man on his own with about 25 beagles. Those beagles did not move.”
Chariotwheel@kbin.social 1 year ago
Can we do something about the man dragging 25 dead beagles through a field?
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 1 year ago
illegalbeagle
tal@kbin.social 1 year ago
Those beagles did not move.
Beagles were bred to trail animals.
Labrador retrievers were trained to go after birds that get shot out of the sky.
You have a bunch of balloonists land what's basically the world's biggest bird in a field and the Labradors go bonkers and the beagles don't care.
I feel like all parties probably acted about as one might expect.
RobotToaster@infosec.pub 1 year ago
That’s a lot of beagles.
tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk 1 year ago
What an odd ban. Do they have any evidence that commercial dog walkers (as those with lots of dogs are likely to be) are responsible for the increase?
eendjes@feddit.nl 1 year ago
They likely must have some statistics. But if I had to do an uneducated guess, I would guess it’s also due to poorly socialized dogs from lockdown time. Not that it’s mutually exclusive.
Solaris1789@jlai.lu 1 year ago
oi oi oi got yo dog walkin loicense???
Rayspekt@kbin.social 1 year ago
I'm sorry officah, I just happen to have my hands full with too many bitches. I just can't help it, officah.
ymhr@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yet still nothing about Bully XL…
CryptoRoberto@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
The assholes who raise vicious bad dogs will just move onto another breed. You can’t legislate being a good dog owner.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Just keep banning the dangerous breeds
merridew@feddit.uk 1 year ago
For everyone saying this seems random/odd/pointless etc:
February 2023: Dog walker mauled to death by dogs at Surrey beauty spot
The dog walker, from Croydon, died after suffering massive blood loss caused by multiple bites to the neck in Gravelly Hill, Caterham, on January 12, while she was out with eight dogs.
lbc.co.uk/…/first-pictures-of-natasha-johnston-do…
Wish I suspect may have some bearing on this announcement.
JoBo@feddit.uk 1 year ago
That was Surrey. This is North Somerset.
merridew@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Ah, I forgot that councillors don’t read newspapers. There’s no way a councillor in North Somerset could have been aware of this attack in Surrey, as reported in the national papers.
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 1 year ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Council leader Mike Bell said a public consultation showed “strong support” for the plan.
The move comes after dog attacks in North Somerset reportedly rose from 385 in 2020 to 480 in 2023.
“There will be exceptional circumstances and we will need to keep that under review in terms of the operational realities,” Mr Bell said.
But Portishead South councillor Peter Burden said the rule was “a step too far,” adding the council already had powers to make people put a dog on a lead.
"Two Labradors came over that were totally out of control, whereas we noticed in the corner of the field there was a man on his own with about 25 beagles.
The council said more rules for dog owners could soon be implemented to cover specific places in North Somerset.
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flamingmongoose@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
This just seems random
TheLurker@lemmy.world 1 year ago
TL:DR
Law totally not made by Council Woman Karen who didn’t like the fact her shithead poodle who she lets run around the streets without a lead tried to attack a group of 7 dogs being walked together and had its dumb fluffy fucking arse handed to it.
Trust us we asked Karen’s friends and they all agreed more than 6 dogs on a lead is the problem.