Dangerous Dog as status symbols

It is sad in this day an age that dog are being use as a status symbol or weapons. The current Act is to unclear, there has been an increase in dangerous dogs since the act came into force in 1991. New guidelines have been sent to police and authorities.

The need to be stricter checks on owners and may be a dog licences should be put into place. Also stiffer penalties on animal crudity and keeping dog for criminal use. Figures are showing the number of dog attacks had tripled since 1991, and a lot of these attacks have been blamed on cross-bred dogs which are not illegal.

NHS figures for 2008 showed that 3,800 attacks were taking place a year, things are out of control. There are four different breeds of dogs banned - pit bull terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino and the Fila Brasilerio. But what are the rules over what is a dangerous dog; it’s hard even when it comes to identifying the banned breeds.

Councils in South London have begun targeting dog owners for using their dog for intimidation, nuisance and using them as a weapon. They have introduced a registration scheme link to the tenancy conditions, this is going to promote responsible dog ownership, and we will take out sanctions on those people who aren’t responsible.

Also in January London’s Metropolitan police created a new unit to tackle the number of dogs being used by criminals.