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1. IMPORTANT - OWNERS OF REGISTERED DOGS: (Latest News); ... if the court believe the breach to indicate that your non compliance makes you not a fit and proper person. Please also ensure that DEFRA are informed regarding any other notifiable changes required ...; Created on 25 March 2019
2. EFRA inquiry report: Dangerous Dogs: (Latest News); ... 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 ...; Created on 16 October 2018
3. Warning regarding companies offering DNA testing for 'pit bulls': (Latest News); ... 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 ...; Created on 20 July 2017
4. Supporting Roxy – Supporting Responsible Dog Ownership: (Latest News); 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 ...; Created on 06 April 2017
5. Exempted dogs' insurance: (Latest News); ... 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 ...; Created on 25 January 2017
6. Petitions: (Latest News); ... 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 ...; Created on 06 November 2016
7. Dogs and livestock: (General Advice); ... 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) ...; Created on 06 November 2016
8. Dogs thought to be type and the internet: (General Advice); ... 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 ...; Created on 05 October 2016
9. Exemption Changes: (Latest News); ... 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 ...; Created on 12 February 2015
10. Sentencing: (Latest News); ... 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 ...; Created on 01 June 2014
11. Dogs Act 1871: (Dog Laws); ... 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. ...; Created on 01 June 2014
12. Dangerous Dogs Act Section 3: (Dog Laws); ... 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 ...; Created on 01 June 2014
13. Dangerous Dogs Act Section 1: (Dog Laws); ... 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 ...; Created on 01 June 2014