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[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 18 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The woman, who was in her 50s, was pronounced dead at the scene in Cornwall Close, Hornchurch, and the two registered dogs were safely seized having been contained inside a room, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan police said.

A spokesperson for the Met said: “Police were called to Cornwall Close around 1.12pm … to reports of a woman attacked by a dog.

“These were registered XL bully dogs and prior to officers’ arrival had been contained inside a room in the house.

From 1 February, it became a criminal offence to own the XL bully breed in England and Wales without an exemption certificate.

Footage of an XL bully dog attacking members of the public in the street in Birmingham, including a 11-year-old girl who sustained shoulder and arm injuries, prompted an outcry in September.

In November 2021, 10-year-old Jack Lis was mauled to death by a seven-stone XL bully dog called Beast.


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[-] x4740N@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago
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[-] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago

Here's a proposal: First, all dog breeding is regulated as strictly as bars with liquor licenses. Criminal charges and jail time if found doing it illegally.

Breeders and owners are required to have insurance coverage specific to dogs.

Owners are held liable for all damages their dog causes, no matter what. Your dog attacks somebody, mauls them and they seek settlement? It's on the owners. If the owner cannot be determined, the breeder is held liable.

Or, just make dogs above say, 30 pounds illegal. "But what if your dog is little and just really fat and becomes over 30 pounds?" Then you are fined and told to get your dog healthy within a certain timeframe, say 90 days, or surrender the dog and pay a fine for neglect, or get charged with animal abuse.

"Well then, nobody would want to get/breed dogs that are anywhere close to 30 pounds full grown because of the risk of violating the law." Yes...that's good. The only dogs people would have are small dogs that can't severely maul/kill people even if they do go off the rails.

"But what about hunters or sportspeople that use dogs to hunt or herd?" Plenty of herding/hunting dogs are within that 30 pound weight range, like Corgis or Beagles. Obviously there would be exceptions for government organizations that use large dogs for legitimate purposes like Saint Bernards for search and rescue.

"But muh gawd damn riaghts!!!" go cry about it.

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[-] Schmuppes@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Those who toy with the devil are sure to get burned, huh?

[-] aesthelete@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It was two xl bully Yorkies I'm guessing.

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[-] cupcakezealot 13 points 2 years ago

i get that some dogs just have a naturally high prey and aggression drive but a lot of times it has to do with learned behavior at home too :(

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[-] recapitated@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

In this thread, a fine demonstration of how hatred stems from fear which stems from ignorance and lack of experience, and a general lack of grasp on probs and stats. Par for the course.

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 2 years ago

I mean, it's never the labrador that is in the news killing people.

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Almost as if a few hundred years of selective breeding for blood sports to an animal that is exceedingly fast at adapting might make it predisposed to... uhm... kicking off.

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

people should be required to have really serious animal rescue and psychology training to get one of these dogs (or else astronomical punishment). most people who get these dogs do so on a whim and because of their own unresolved ego issues.

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[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 9 points 2 years ago

It always ends up the the dogs are kept in the yard or kenneled the entire time

[-] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

"XL bully dogs"? Have we stopped saying "pit bull" because of and I never got the memo?

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