Dog homeowners are being warned to maintain their dogs underneath management round cliffs and livestock. The pandemic noticed over three million pets purchased within the UK whereas we had been locked down and a big variety of these had been dogs. While many have been well-trained, issues have been raised that the need for firm and a spotlight throughout lockdown has led to many poorly-trained dogs.
There have been 16 deaths by canine bites recorded in England and Wales to date this 12 months, greater than double the six fatalities in 2022. Between 1991 and 2021, the quantity by no means went above 5, in line with information from the Office for National Statistics. In England and Wales there was a 60% improve in canine assaults within the final 5 years.
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Posting on social media, Natural Resources Wales mentioned: “If your canine chases livestock, they’re in peril! Sadly, yearly dogs get kicked, fall over cliffs, or develop into misplaced. Don’t put your canine in danger, maintain them in sight and underneath management. If doubtful maintain them on a brief lead. Each 12 months dogs fall from cliffs and die whereas exploring coastal and upland websites.”
Selling dogs is now a giant business. A family of scammers made hundreds of thousands of pounds by conning folks into believing the puppies they had been shopping for had been much-loved pets when in actuality the dogs had been being bred and traded like “commodities”,
The McDonagh clan falsely marketed the pups on in style Facebook pages and used dozens of faux emails, addresses, names, and staged pictures exhibiting the pups “at home” to hoodwink potential purchasers whereas importing pups from throughout Europe, breeding puppies, and dealing in stolen animals.
