Dangerous Dogs Owners

And even manufactured weapon needs a human finger to make a damage.

Hopefully he does at least 10 years

They are livestock that people keep for company instead of food.

As I said before, the time is long past for debating with you people who advocate for these unnecessary and lethal animals.

The vast majority of us who are rightly disgusted that they still exist must just push on and have our legislators end this carnage because you people will never accept the clear necessity of keeping our children safe from these lethal weapons no matter how many die or are maimed by them.

Frankly - you're in a dwindling minority and while absolutely entitled to your view of them as lovely pets, that view isn't supported by reality or critical thinking.

Recent history shows that people who believe religiously in some particular dogma won't change their minds no matter what incontrovertible evidence they are shown, and therefore society must move on without their agreement or consent.

The majority of Irish dog owners have the dog off the lead and absolutely no recall.

Thats a strong statement, I hope you have something to back it up with, apart from Wicklow mountains personal experience..

Yes, running in the park everyday where people are walking their dogs, dogs running up to my kids if they are eating something etc. I don't mind dogs, I just view them as any other animal. If an owner has a dog off the lead they need to be able to control it and in my experience not many dog walkers seem to be able to do this. I don't blame the dogs, it is the owners who are the problem. Dogs don't pick up their own ****, we need the owners to do that which is why you find **** on the ground or hanging in bags on trees.

Or the standard reply” ah he/she won’t go near you” morons is too kind a description for those people.

It is my impression based on experience. I am sorry I have not collected detailed statistics and published them in a peer reviewed journal for you.

With respect, this argument makes no sense.

It reminds me of the time I was out on the roads with a horse.

At a junction, I seen two people with a dog walking up the road I was turning down, which was narrow. I walked the horse past the junction and stood on the other side (as it ended at a cul de sac so it was unlikely the walkers were going that way). The two walkers were so busy yapping, they didn't notice me and the dog pulled the lead out of their hands and it bolted towards us. I jumped off the horse, which was a prey animal and had a predator running straight towards it, and kept it under control despite the fact the horse was snorting, spinning, and wanted to freak out. Thankfully, at the last minute, the dog in the house on the junction ran out and the loose dog turned towards it instead. Dog owner was wailing and running around trying to catch their dog, and their friend continued up the road, looked at me (who still had control over something literally 10 times the size of the dog that was now standing alert but quietly by my side), and went "get that thing away from us".

The horse was considerably stronger than me, and had I not been the only person to have kept their head in the whole situation, the horse would have seriously injured, if not killed itself, or the dog, or the walkers, or myself, or even some random person who may have been on the road if the horse bolted home. It's not all about who is stronger.

Not enough. You have to be very close for an effective shotgun blast, too close really.

A good rifle shot from an experienced marksman from a distance.

Well, you said majority of Irish dog owners has no control over their dogs, or whatever your wording was. I was just wondering if you can somehow back it up. And what a surprise, you can't.

Just solve the problem with more eugenics. Totally different. Humans really growing and maturing here.

On the same day, yesterday, a story on BBC news of a child killed by the same dogs.

It will keep happening.

You should need some kind of special license, reason, training, space and annual check ups by the state, which you pay for, to have dogs like these.

Also, insurance to pay for the carnage and physical and mental medical treatment on the attacked person and family. Why should the taxpayer have to pay ?

If you want a dog there are plenty of other breeds around. Loads in pounds.

Also, there is a law that certain breeds should be muzzled when out in public. It's there for a reason.

I was attacked by 2 pit bulls a couple of years ago, the owner has left his gate open. They'd be wandering up and down the road all week. They were regularly out. They were just "playing", I just walked away very slowly with my leg bleeding and several puncture wounds.

Had to get tetanus shot which I got the owner to pay for. I was very lucky I just remained calm. A child would have screamed and god knows what would have happened.

I didn't want the dogs to be put down. Cause they are the **** innocent creature here. And I love dogs. But they are bred to protect, defend, attack. And it takes a very knowledgeable person to handle them.

So, the owners of these breeds need to step up and take responsibility.

If people call out that dogs are not being muzzled that should be regularly then at least this might not have happened.

You can't have it both ways.

I would have punted the thing into the middle next week!