Dangerous Dogs Owners

Dangerous dog's owners would be better title for the thread. Imo

The Irish Indo decided not to publish a photo of his injuries...but the Irish Mirror have it on their website.

It's horrific.

I absolutely hate seeing these types of dogs.

The same dog attacked another child a few days earlier, who luckily didn't end up with same life threatening injuries. Case reported to the Gardai but sadly the dog was not put down until after the second attack. The owner has a lot to answer for

Thats true but pitbull attacksspecifically are associated with far worse injuries. Say in the US in 2021, there were 430 deaths from dog attacks and 185 were from pitbulls and another 40 were from pitbull mixes so over 50% of deaths associated with one breed.

The breed was designed as a breed trait to deal out max damage when they attack and I'm sure they could be great pets with a responsible dog owner but there in lies the problem.

I was recently out on a run, and came across an offlead pitbull. I don't have any fear of dogs but it was very unnerving as it ran about investigating the environment/people/other dogs as the owner was turned away talking to someone. Nothing happened at all in fairness, but making everyone around you on edge while they use public spaces is hardly fair.

Those type of breeds should be destroyed and made extinct.

But MY liddle Shnookums wouldn't harm a fly.

Quite shockingly, there is no offence under Irish law regarding a dog attacking a person.

The Control of Dogs Act, 1986 (Section 9 and 27) makes it an offence to have an uncontrolled dog in a public place, and the penalty is "a fine not exceeding £500, or, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month, or, at the discretion of the court, to both such fine and such imprisonment." But that's just for failing to have the dog under your control in a public place, not for it attacking anyone. And it doesn't apply if the dog is on the owner's property, or any place that the owner has been given consent to have the dog in. And even then, the maximum prison sentence is one month.

Here's a case from earlier this year where a dog mauled a child in the home of the dog owner. The Gardaí refused to investigate it at all, as under the Act, there was no offence committed - the dog was in the owner's home, and the Act specifically doesn't apply there.

In April this year, a review of the legislation regarding the control of dogs was published after a public consultation https://assets.gov.ie/224384/48b7f6a9-be34-4f27-9be6-d3b65ec77109.pdf

There's absolutely no mention of any changes to the penalties for not having a dog under control or for having a dog that attacks a person.

"he loves kids" they smile at you - while dog is attempting to savage your kids.

and of course you'll find the usual morons - it's the upbringing not the breed.

fcuk off , they're a vicious breed.

All it says about a dog attacking a person is:

Which explicit says that a dog attacking a person should be treated as a dog which has not been kept under proper control (which is section 9, with the penalty being defined in section 27). There's no specific offence or penalty for a dog attacking a person - it's all just about having the dog under control, which only applies to public spaces, and the penalty is a measly up to £500 and up to a month in jail.

And I didn't quote any by-laws, I quoted the Control of Dogs Act, 1986, section 27

My quote: "a fine not exceeding £500, or, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month, or, at the discretion of the court, to both such fine and such imprisonment."

The 1986 Act: