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Dangerous Owners Act

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The media, the Police and quite a lot of other people are in a frenzy trying to discern the breed of dog which killed four year old Paul Massey.

They've got it all wrong.

The problem is not the genetic build of the dog, the problem is the behaviour of the people who owned the dog. The question is not whether the dog falls under an ineffective piece of legislation, the question is whether the owners should have owned any dog (or animal) at all.

The stupidity of the act may be demonstrated by the number of non "dangerous" dogs who are euthanized every year for aggression issues - a collie cross who bites children is more dangerous than a pit bull who has a responsible, knowledgeable owner with good consistent boundaries.

Whatever the breed turns out to be, the dog who killed Paul Massey has paid the price with its life and the owners of the dog, perhaps with the help of the Dangerous Dogs Act, will be free to Blame The Breed - rather than their own failures.

What happened to Paul Massey is a tragic and horrible thing, but it was also preventable. Isn't it time to look at a better way to manage dog ownership than holding up a few breeds as easy targets, and instead hold up the people who don't know how to manage a dog as the perpetrators of the crimes?

Pit Bull Terrier