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[londondave]

Dino the German Sheppard dog has won the case not to be destroyed after a 3 year battle to save him after he attacked a woman in a park. Well Done Dino. Afterall animals usually only attack when fel threatened or are trained to by their owners.WHY cant the goverment start destroying humans that behave violently and attack people

[andy hughes]

The basis of your argument is sound, but as you know, dogs are unpredictable, and can attack humans for no discerable reasons, which is not to say they do it on a random basis, but it can occur with the provocation being enitely unintentional, and that makes a dog prone to this behaviour a dangerous dog. As for destroying people, that's another debate entirely, which may take place right here and now.

[saffstar]

I'm generally against the death penalty...however, I do find myself wondering sometimes what contribution certain individuals make to society - although I'm thinking here of mindless yobs who smash up phoneboxes and tie fireworks to kittens really, and I don't think any government would go for destroying these people over murderers and rapists. So I'll just have to dream...

[el duerino]

Because humans are not dogs. I love dogs as much as the next owner but if a dog attacks a human they should be destroyed. Or killed if you want to be realistic. You cannot have dangerous animals runing arond

 

[pandalikbeer]

So dog attacks human =  dog gets killed - human attacks human = human gets 20 hours community service and lives to do it again

 

[el duerino]

short answer yes. Where on earth have people conceived the idea that dogs get equal treatment to humans? Because they are fluffy? Dogs are not human, humans are not dogs, they are not governed by the same rules.

[woofgang]

You are dead right that there is a difference. Humans are supposed to be a "higher" animal than dogs and have more moral sense, therefore it is worse if a human kills or attacks another human so....if the penalty is death for a dog who might reasonably be supposed not to have moral sense, what should the penalty be for the "higher" animal??

[Philtaz]

I'm not going for the 'animals usually only attack when threatened' approach.  I wasn't threatening the Afghan hound that bit the back of my leg as I walked across a small patch of grass when doing my paper round!(That was 25 years ago before anyone asks why I'm still delivering papers!)

[el duerino]

I believe afghan hounds are now illegal in the UK?

 

The human is indeed higher, and therefore his motivations are more complex, as is their ability to judge whether they were right or wrong and to reform their character. A dog cannot make such complex judgements and will not understand why what it did was wrong. The dog should be killed and the human punished, reformed and educated.

[Hebejebe]

So what you are saying is that a domesticated animal can never be held accountable for it's own actions?  It's either the owners fault for teaching it to attack or the victims fault for being threatening?  Are you by any chance a defence lawyer?

[Gef]

Just think what the country would be like without dogs. No dogsh**t, no barking - wonderful.

[Hgrove]

In the first year of my law degree my lecturer in my "legal theory" course told us that the Dangerous Dogs Act (I think it was called) was an example of poorly thought out/drafted legislation, only introduced because of a knee-jerk reaction because there had been scare stories in the papers...

[el duerino]

out of interest londondave, what would your opinion be if the dog attacked again?

[Oneeyedvic]

And a similar question - why do we allow animals to be put to sleep to make sure they are not in pain, but we will not legalise euthansia?

 

[el duerino]

The animal cannot give consent.

[georgit79]

Gef, that's going a bit far! Dogs are wonderful companions, but only the big ones! You may as well own a rat as own a little yappy dog...I think I'm veering from the point here though.

I'm in two minds. I always feel sorry for the dogs that get put down, and if my dog was involved in a similar situation I'd be devastated, but a dog that maims a young child must be destroyed- it's as simple as that.

[Ray the DJ]

When dogs are allowed in public places they should be kept under control by their owners.

If a dog harms a human or another dog as a result of owner negligence, the owner should be punished and the dog should be taken from them and trained and conditioned to behave properly.  As a last resort, the dog should be destroyed. 

[crafty]

The more i see of the human race...

The more i love my dog.