Dogs Attack Swan

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This was front page news in the local rag

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Whats your veiws? What should happen and what will happen?

[Kayleigh]

This is outrageous. Dog owners (I am one) should be accountable for the dogs actions, The dogs should be on a lead in public places.
They should bring licences back.
I had to kick a staffy that came running over to me and my dog, mine was on a lead. The staffy ran from its owner and jumped on my dog growling. I put the boot in and and threatened to do again when it ran back to it owner.
I was so angry. Why can't people be responsible.
I hope they find out who this man is and ban him from keeping dogs.

[AJH748]

What happened to law about putting dogs like this in muzzles?

Either that or get rid of them altogether.

Too many tragic incidents to let it be.

[Ukwildlifeo]

This has hap[pend in Regents park, where at least two duck were killed by one dog. Its a shame the swan didnt have more strength when it got in the canal - Probably would have drowned the dog and then the owner might have taken more notice.

When will dog owners learn? I like dogs but early wednesday morning I was jumped up at by one dog and then later had a pair of large boxers(?) run 200m up a hill toward me be jumping up at me barking aggressively - the sort of bark you get from a dog when you go into its garden and it doesn't know you. This was scary enough. But 5 mins after I heard one of the nasty things running up behind me and tried ignoring it again and this time it was so aggressive i put my arm up as I was worried it might attack. But what really annoyed me is I was by the red deer enclousure and had been careful not to disturb them, as a number are heavily pregnant. So they were spooked, which also meant I could really photograph them so I carried on, only for that same damn dog came pelting towards me again - I was so close to losing it but it was two women owners and me being a male in is low 20s they probably would have called the police or something so I bit my tongue gave up and went home - the whole morning ruined for me - but atleast that silly bint had a nice walk with her dog

Sorry for the rant but this story just brought that anger back up.

[NuttyMeg]

that was a really upsetting and disturbing read Atrocious behaviour.

I'm with Kayleigh on this one, I believe dogs should be on leads in public places.
I have an Alsatian and he is never let off the lead except for his half4 run in the morning on a nice quiet recreation ground. He was once attacked while on the lead by a mastiff who wasn't and my dog's attitude towards other dogs changed completely after that. You hear about attacks by staffies and bull terriers all the time, doesn't half give the breed a bad name but why won't people realise that thay are an aggressive breed when they want to be, and control them in the appropriate manner? grrrrr it makes me so angry, that poor swan.

[Dan Salter]

My dislike of dogs and of dogs in nature areas is beautifully highlighted here!

[ChrisJB]

So is my belief that there is no such thing as a bad dog, only bad owners.....well, apart from Cujo of course.

Regards, Chris

[witham]

as I've mentioned before we've recently had a bike track built on an old railway line not far from us and it's where over many years I've walked my various dogs along with other locals as it was a very quiet 'green' area, it has now become a bit like the A1 or M1 at the weekends and has attracted not just bikes, horse riders etc but loads of irresponsible dog walkers, some with 3 or 4 dogs who let them run amok amongst the undergrowth where Partridges etc normally nest and also in a wooded area where there's 2 large active Badger setts, one large section is fenced off where sheep are allowed to graze yet even though 'please keep your dogs on a lead' signs are displayed at each entrance gate, these are still ignored and we regularly see sheep being chased or scattered as the dogs run round after fresh smells etc, the company who build these tracks nationwide arn't very helpfull, they got their way despite local reservations and now it's as if they don't want to know.

[Adam Cheeseman]

I don't know about this particular place, but it is currently illegal to have your dog off lead (lead must be a maximum of 2 metres) anywhere that is covered by the CROW Act 2000, because it is nesting time. This applies from 1st March to the 31st July.

I'd hate to think how many laws and byelaws this one incident has broken.

Cheers,

Adam

[Robbodog]

I agree that there is no such thing as a bad dog only bad dog owners. Also Staffordshire bull terriers are amongst the friendliest dogs that you could possibly have and make fantastic family pets due to them being great with kids and adults alike.
It gets my goat when people bang on about dangerous dogs and the like, the idea that needing a license to have a dog would make the very small minority of eejits who do not care for the dogs properly suddenly become responsible is laughable.
Dogs also imo have a right to proper exercise, which means being able to have a good run off a lead.