Another child dead after mauling by a pit bull terrier

[chrishansenhome]

There's been another death at the jaws of a pet pit bull here in the UK. The BBC story has a link to St. Helens council's webpage (the place where the incident happened).

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[chrishansenhome.livejournal.com]

There is a law here called the "Dangerous Dogs Act (1991)" which prohibits four breeds of dog including the pit bull terrier. Unfortunately, the definition of pit bull terrier is too precise, and any mix of pit bull and something else is not covered under the law.

Here the people who keep them are young toughs and rappers and gangstas in the council estates. Dogfights are illegal but they go on anyway. I suspect that after this there is going to be some improvement in the law to ensure that dangerous dogs, no matter what their breed, are kept under control or destroyed.

[vasilatos]

Yeah, I see a lot of pits in the projects. Oh, it just infuriates me to no end. What on earth are people thinking, with the dogfights and the keeping and cultivating violent dogs?

So what are the four breeds? Rottweilers, Pit bulls, Dobermans, and ???

My favorite are people who say they have American Bull Terriers. Right.

[chrishansenhome.livejournal.com]

Go to http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/welfare/domestic/dogs.htm for more details. I've not heard of the other breeds but there are lots of details for the canophiles among us.

[vasilatos]

That is a very interesting piece of legislation. Those breeds are completely outside of my knowledge. We had some obscure African breed kill a nice gay lady here a few years ago. Sheesh. (The owners went to prison, hah.)

I can at least be sure that Penny Lane is probably not going to kill anyone, though despite my great efforts, her manners are not what I would like.