A Coventry canine proprietor lately revealed that her beloved husky was attacked by one other canine off the lead. The attack in Walsgrave Road left the 13-year-old husky with serious injuries and reignited the controversy round whether or not all dogs needs to be saved on a leash in public.
The debate raged on the CoventryLive Facebook page with some canine house owners pleading with individuals to make sure they maintain their pets on a lead. One particular person wrote: “My puppy received attacked by an off lead canine final week after which was hit by a automotive as a result of she escaped her harness getting away, fortunately she’s high-quality aside from a number of cuts however it was very traumatic. Please maintain your dog on a lead around other dogs and people.”
So we want to know what you think: should dogs be kept on a lead at all times in public? Have your say in our poll below.
Another person who had their say on the topic on our Facebook page said: “What planet are these idiots on? Put and keep your dog on a lead!
“It’s about time the law was enforced. That’s what the dangerous dogs act is for! Ban these idiots from keeping dogs!!”
There is no blanket law that requires dogs to be saved on a lead, however laws do state that canine house owners ought to leash their pets in sure locations, corresponding to kids’s play areas, sports activities pitches, roads, parks and seashores. In Coventry, canine house owners are required to maintain dogs on a lead in sure specified locations inside the metropolis and on all public streets.
The Highway Code additionally says that dogs needs to be saved on a brief lead alongside roads and on paths shared with horse riders or cyclists. Local authorities have the ability to introduce these orders below various totally different legal guidelines, and might concern fines or mounted penalty notices for individuals who don’t comply.
(Image: Dee Green)
Latest statistics present that canine assaults are on the rise. In 2022, ten individuals within the UK had been reportedly killed in canine assaults, in keeping with the most recent information.
In 2018, 8,389 individuals had been hospitalised because of a canine assault. In 2002, that quantity was simply 3,395. In the last decade as much as the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act, 15 individuals had been killed by canines in keeping with the Office for National Statistics. By distinction, within the 10 years as much as 2022, there have been not less than 32 such deaths.
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