The Daily Mail is reporting that a Japanese Akita, called Diesel, which grabbed 9 year old Amy Hryhoruk and clamped its jaws around her skull in a ‘vice-like’ grip, has been described by police as the most dangerous they have ever seen.
Government proposes 14 years in jail for killer dog owners
The environment secretary, Owen Paterson has announced that following an online public consultation the government will look to impose a maximum sentence of 14 years for dog owners whose pets kill. They are also proposing raising the penalty for the owner of a dog which causes
Small claims limit freeze good news for dog bite victims
It is hard enough for dog bite victims to get the compensation they deserve without having to go through the whole process without the assistance of a solicitor but that’s exactly what has been looming over them for the last few
Government remove protection for “innocent” trespassers under new Dog Bite laws
Under suggested new dog laws owners will not be liable to prosecution if their dog attacks a trespasser even if that person has the best of intentions in being on the property. The view taken by Ministers considering the proposed
We want justice not revenge
I stumbled across this post recently on the website of Conservative MP Rob Halfon: Dog bite victim meets MP and Justice Secretary Published by Robert Halfon on June 18, 2013 | 1 Response “I was delighted to introduce Brandon Elston,
“Steroid fuelled dogs” & 551% increase in dog bite hospital cases says report
The results of a three year study into dangerous dogs entiteld “Unleashed: The phenomena of status dogs and weapon dogs” have been presented to the British Sociological Association annual conference by Dr Simon Harding a Middlesex University Crminologist and shows that they
Another blow for dog bite victims.
On 1st April 2013 the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) came into effect. For lawyers and the legal profession it is a devastating bit of legislation but it’s worse for those who need to rely
Is punishment really the answer to our dog bite problems?
Since the death of Jade Lomas-Anderson last week certain aspects of the media have decided to focus their coverage on the fact that it looks likely the dogs owner will “get away with it”. This is because (as we have
Law needs changing now says savaged postwoman
Leane Gane had worked for the Royal Mail for nine years before being attacked by a Staffordshire Bull Terrier when delivering mail in Longwell Green, Bristol last year. The bite was so ferocious that it bit through into the bone
MPs call dog attack changes “woefully inadequate”
MPs on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has said that urgent changes to the law are needed to take “action on any dog related anti-social behaviour” and that they fear the government are not giving “sufficient priority” to dog control. It