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A 14-Year-Old Girl Has Been Found Dead At A House Where A Number Of Dogs Were "out Of Control".

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RATTER15 | 22:40 Tue 26th Mar 2013 | News
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21321953

How dreadful!! most likely these dogs were owned by some macho idiot!!
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Things are not yet clear RATTER, but the dogs were owned by a woman who called them her babies. I haven't seen a image of her, so I have no idea if she is 'macho' or not.

Her back garden is smaller than my kitchen, so why does a so called dog lover think that is enough space for 5 dogs?
And what about the cost, she doesn't appear to be rolling in money.

Bring back the licence



These dogs are dangerous , simple as that, time and time again its the same breeds involved, nearly always some chav scum owner in a council house.

how she affords to feed these dogs is a mystery, if she has that sort of money why is she in a council house. ?

They need to ban council tenants from having more than one dog.

I'm sick of hearing the its the people not the dogs argument, since when did the owners bite the victims ?

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Mick, "Bring back the licence" what difference will that make?

I accept that all dog should be licensed and the license should only be awarded after proving that they have a reasonable knowledge of dog training and that their dog has been trained to an acceptable standard.

Bazwillrun, "I'm sick of hearing the its the people not the dogs argument, since when did the owners bite the victims ?"

I know what you are saying but Staffies have been kept in this country for many many years without a problem. The problem has only arisen since the pitbull era and its subsequent ban of these dogs, the Macho idiots then took on the Staffie as it looked similar to the pitbull in some respects, this lead to indiscriminate breeding and the wrong macho types owning these dogs.

Good responsible Staffie owners do not have any such problems!

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//Mick, "Bring back the licence" what difference will that make?//

The old dog license just meant you had to pay a minuscule fee once a year to have a dog, I think when the scheme was dropped in the 80s (I think) the fee was about £1.00
"since when did the owners bite the victims ?"

lol lol lol
Oh god, how terrible :-((

Personally, I don't like this kind of dog. I am a dog lover, but this is always the breed I am most anxious about and, if I see one running free in a park, I would turn around and get my kids straight out of there.
I've been brought up with the understanding that *all* dogs have the potential to attack and that kids should never be left alone with them.

This is a really sad case, but I do agree with the comments regarding the amount of animals in such a small space.
Wasn't there an incident last year where a mother was savaged to death by a number of dogs in a small back garden?
When are people going to learn?

Unfortunately, the staffie seems to be the 'weapon' of choice for someone wanting to portray themselves as 'hard', these days.
I don't just mean has it were in 80's

I mean a new licence with some rules. Maybe the monies paid to the RSPCA
Who can police the ownership of dogs?

Strict guidelines like a minimum space per dog rule.
I don't claim to be a dog lover but I treat them far better than a lot of owners do.
RSPCA = waste of time.

Possibly , ummmm but what alternative is there?
No way would I buy a licence if my money was going to the RSPCA!
Ditto, B00.
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Same here BOO, as a Pest Controller, I was regularly called out to animals in distress ( I made no charge in these instances) where the RSPCA had refused to attend. I bet they would have attended if there was a TV crew on site!
As this tragic incident happened on "private" property theres only so much that can be done to prevent further incidents.

I was under the impression that all dogs had to be kept on a lead when in public, thy should also be muzzled in my opinion.

Yes a very tragic case, but we don't know the full circumstances, it is said that the girls was eating something, and children can be very teasing at times.

Perhaps that is what happened, perhaps the girl was offering the food to the dogs then snatching it back before the dogs could get a taste, this would annoy the dogs so much that they attacked her as a pack?

Regarding the right of having 5 dogs in one house is yet another matter, it is about time that stronger regulations were put on the ownership of some breeds of dogs.

High cost licences should be imposed on these types of dogs, It should be unlawful for non licensed dog breeding, licensed dogs should be chipped and made to wear harnesses/collars and leads of a bright imposing colour as well as muzzles in public.
In my view there needs to be change in the law that says that owners of dogs who have attacked people on private property cannot be charged. If I was invited in to a friends house and they then attacked me the police would potentially charge that friend with assault, why are dog owners exempt?
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Meglet, if you were invited onto a property or walked in the front gate of a property and you were attacked im fairly sure a prosecution can be made.

AOG, //It should be unlawful for non licensed dog breeding, licensed dogs should be chipped and made to wear harnesses/collars and leads of a bright imposing colour as well as muzzles in public.// that is ridiculous!!

We just need to be able to ban certain elements from keeping dogs and ensure all dogs are adequately trained to a reasonable standard and charge a realistic license fee.
BBC news this morning had a reporter outside the gate, which according to him read
'Beware of Dogs, Enter at own risk'
Camera did not focus on that.

The poor girl and her parents.
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'Beware of Dogs, Enter at own risk'

these days that sign is an admission of the fact that your dogs are a danger and probably should not be in the house in the first place! a child or someone with limited sight could walk through that gate in all innocents and get mauled!!

Im fairly certain that under "almost" any conditions the owner is likely to be prosecuted.

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