... ban have not stemmed the rising tide of injuries and deaths from dog attacks. Children and adults are suffering horrific injuries, many of them avoidable. This is unacceptable. The public must be properly ...
... t the words Pit Bull 'type' contained within the Dangerous Dogs Act of 1991 that the word 'type' in relation to dogs had a broader meaning than 'breed', and that a court could properly conclude that a d ...
A Skelmersdale dog owner is fighting to keep her family pet dog Roxy, after council officials refuse to let Roxy continue to live in her council property. On 7th March Roxys Owner, Sophie attended a ...
... court. This will incur costs far in excess of the insurance renewal fee and may well result in the court deciding that your failure to comply indicates that you are not 'a fit and proper person' to wo ...
... s on a petition most likely do not know the owner or the dog personally and therefore can do little by way of satisfying the court that the owner is fit and proper or the dog doesn't pose a danger to publ ...
... Damage Act 1971 recognises that a person cannot stand idly by and watch his property being destroyed. A person will have lawful excuse to damage or destroy property (a dog) belonging to another if: 1) ...
... and proper person to own it and that requires testimony or references from people who know you to be responsible as an owner, and your dog to be one of good temperament. The thousands of people who sign ...
... nomination And a person may apply to a magistrates’ court to be substituted as the person in charge of the dog ONLY if the person determined originally by the court as being a fit and proper person is ...
... loss or damage has resulted from the offence and they must give reasons if they decide not to award compensation. As to disqualification, the test is whether the owner is a fit and proper person to have ...
... A dog is generally regarded as not being under proper control if: It is neither on a lead or muzzled. The dog shows itself to dangerous in its general behaviour, not just in its behaviour towards a person. ...
... your dog is in the control of someone other than you at the time of the offence, you may have a defence if you can show that you have good reason to believe that the person is a fit and proper person to ...
... to destruction. To do this the court must now be satisfied that the dog poses no danger to public safety and the owner or person in charge of it appears to the court to be a fit and proper person to own ...