Sentences with phrase «dangerous dog act»

According to the 1991 Dangerous Dog Act passed by the United Kingdom parliament, it is illegal to own any «specially controlled dogs» without an exemption issued by the courts.

Scotland, still bound by the UK Dangerous Dog Act, is attempting to shift the focus from breed to owner responsibility and allow measures that will prevent dog bites.

In June 2008, a report regarding the United Kingdom's Dangerous Dog Act of 1991 was issued.

In 2007, a Spanish study compared dog bites reported to the health department of Aragon, Spain for 5 years before and 5 years after the implementation of breed specific legislation in the form of a Dangerous Dog Act.

Proposed Dangerous Dog Act by the Association of Pet Dog Trainers.

The United Kingdom's Dangerous Dog Act bans the American Pit Bull Terrier and three other breeds of dogs and their crossbreeds.

The Dangerous Dogs Act Study Group (DDASG) and Lord Redesdale criticised the Government for what they saw as its part in the ongoing problem of «status dogs» by making them appeal to those wishing to intimidate others and rebel against the existing law.

The implementation of the Dangerous Dogs Act (DDA) has not prevented dog attacks, despite having devastating consequences for the welfare of certain breed types.

Close working with the Pet Advertising Advisory Group (PAAG) to ensure that all online, print and classified advertising contains appropriate welfare messages, and that publishers do not advertise dogs banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act or those from establishments which are not fit for the breeding of animals.

Dogs Trust, as a member of the Dangerous Dogs Act Study Group (DDASG), along with a variety of other welfare organisations, the Kennel Club and the BVA, has supported Ms Grahame's Bill since it was introduced as a Private Members Bill by Alex Neill MSP.

Dogs Trust has long campaigned for a fresh approach to the management of dangerous dogs in the UK, following the failure of the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act to prevent dog attacks.

Blue Cross is pleased to see that the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Efra) is launching an inquiry into the Dangerous Dogs Act...

The quite insane world of the Psychoactive Substances Act is about to become real and it looks like it'll be exactly the Dangerous Dogs Act disaster we expected it to be.

«The bill combines some of the characteristics of the poll tax and the Dangerous Dogs Act, except on a much grander scale.»

The government has rejected calls by the Liberal Democrats to review the Dangerous Dogs Act, following a rise in the number of dog - related injuries.

The ex-Whitehall chiefs cite examples of bad laws that have resulted from the way government now operates, including the poll tax of 1990, the Dangerous Dogs Act of 1991, the failure of the Child Support Agency, the Hunting Act 2004 and the story of the Millennium Dome.

The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 and the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 are just two examples», he told parliament in July 2008.

These are dogs registered under The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 and 1997.

It's outlined in the «Dangerous Dogs Act 1991».

Dog attacks surge 76 % in England in 10 years, coinciding with exemption of Staffordshire pit bulls from the Dangerous Dogs Act

Britain has gone even further: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7264620.stm BBC: «Under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 four types of dog are banned: the pit bull terrier, Japanese tosa, dogo Argentino and fila Brasileiro.»

Likewise, state legislators and others should listen to the Chief Inspector of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, who has said that Great Britain's Dangerous Dogs Act «does not work, it has never worked.»

Following a fatal attack in early 2013, a select group of MP's formed a committee to review the Dangerous Dogs Act and the changes officials proposed in response to this incident.

A 1996 study in the United Kingdom examining the pattern of injuries at an Emergency Department before and after the implementation of the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act banning pit bull type dogs concluded that the Act had not had an impact on the rate of injuries caused by dog bites.

Following the ordinance of the Dangerous Dogs Act of 1991, kennel workers were forbidden to touch, play, or allow Stella to exercise.

+ The Dangerous Dogs Act Failure + Shall We Tell Mother Her Dog Was Killed?

It is banned in England under the Dangerous Dogs Act.

These beliefs are so popular, that legislation in the UK, The Dangerous Dogs Act, has made it illegal to own one.

A recent editorial in the Sacramento Bee («A Dangerous Dogs Act of 2015?»

The provisions of Sections 1 through 6 shall be known and may be cited as the «Mississippi Regulation of Dangerous Dogs Act.»

No wonder the British government has seen the need to introduce the Dangerous Dogs Act.

The T&T Dangerous Dogs Act currently mirrors the Dangerous Dog Act of the UK, which has been a miserable failure.

Does the Dangerous Dogs Act protect against animal attacks: a prospective study of mammalian bites in the Accident and Emergency department.

In 1991 the UK introduced the Dangerous Dogs Act, which banned certain breeds of dogs such as the Pit Bull Terrier and Japanese Tosa, and made it easier for police to prosecute people who organized dog fights.

Between 2004 and 2008, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) recorded a 12-fold increase in complaints about dog fights and 900 dogs which are illegal under the Dangerous Dogs Act were seized in London alone in 2009.

In fact, the 1991 UK Dangerous Dogs Act, amended in 1997, and which basically bans a number of breeds, was declared a failure  in 2007 when it was found numbers of dog bites had risen 10 % in a year and 50 % since 1998 - 1999.

More than 1,500 signatures have been collected on petitions across Leith as four - year - old Leo is held on Death Row after being seized under the Dangerous Dogs Act.

However, many of the dogs listed above (many of these are prohibited only in the state of New York by the New York Housing Commission) bear no resemblance to the original four «dangerous» dog breeds in the original Dangerous Dogs Act.

The point of the dangerous dogs act is to protect people against breeds that, because of their sheer size and power, humans would have little chance of fighting off.

According to the United Kingdom Dangerous Dogs Act there are four specific types of dog that are considered to be specially controlled dogs, these are:

Simply because a law designates that these dogs need to be registered does not mean that they will be and it is the most aggressive dogs that are often unregistered and so the «Dangerous Dogs Act» appears to have failed.

We just want to present information on the Dangerous Dogs Act and it can be difficult to do that without making it seem like we are putting a dog breed down.

The dangerous dogs act was a law passed in the United Kingdom in 1991 aimed to try to reduce the number of dog attacks by specific breeds.Parliament stepped in to create this Act after a slew of incidences where serious injury or death resulted from dog attacks of a particularly aggressive breed that were uncontrolled.

According to many credible sources in the United Kingdom, the Dangerous Dogs Act has not worked well to protect people from dog attacks.

The dangerous dogs act does not stop there, however; it also states that there shall be no breeding, no sale and no exchange of these dogs even if one is exempt by the court.

The term «Dangerous Dogs Act» refers specifically to the 1991 law passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom and the 1997 amendment which followed allowing for dogs to be once again added to the list of exemptions.

In addition to the fact that all dogs carry the potential to be «dangerous» regardless of their designation, there are concerns over compliance with the Dangerous Dogs Act.

Much of the controversy over the «Dangerous Dogs Act» comes from the subject mentioned above — simply because a dog is a certain breed does not mean that it is going to be aggressive.

The individuals who are breeding dangerous breed dogs to take part in dog fighting rings and other such disgraceful activities are individuals who are less likely to conform to the «Dangerous Dogs Act.»

The percentage of bites involving «dangerous» dogs increased from 6 % to11 % following passage of the Dangerous Dogs Act.