[Closed] How many dogs are destroyed in the UK due to dangerous dogs act?

A quick google shows it's in the hundreds per year.

Wail link (warning, STW don't like it 🙂 ) http://www.****/news/article-2625850/Rise-seizure-dangerous-dogs-Hundreds-destroyed-year-attacked-people-pets.html

You could ask her where she got her figure from. I bet it was the Daily Mail/Express.

EDIT: indeed...

http://www.****/news/article-2625850/Rise-seizure-dangerous-dogs-Hundreds-destroyed-year-attacked-people-pets.html
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Another from this April's 'The Star':

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/almost-200-dangerous-and-illegal-dogs-destroyed-in-south-yorkshire-1-7224565

A quick Google shows a story from the Daily Mail from a couple of years ago stating hundreds per year.

I tried google, but I'm sceptical as I can't find where those numbers are coming from, it seems like someone has said it online somewhere and enough people have repeated it without checking that it's now 'fact'.

Freedom of information request for just the West Midlands force.

https://foi.west-midlands.police.uk/dangerous-dogs-632_15/

Refers to this PDF

So, 190 dogs destroyed in 2013/14 by the West Midlands force alone.

Thanks all, I was wrong!

Shame theres not a similar fate for many of the destroyed dog owners

Instead of destroying the dogs, why the F* don't we at least give them a chance at a good life...

How about a dog sanctuary? I'm sure that excellent ones exist either here or on the European mainland. Scandinavian countries come to mind straight away. Introduce them to a positive environment with new owners/carers who will love her/him & actually give a damn about the dog's happiness and overall well-being. Improvement is always possible.

If they're mentally damaged beyond repair and behave like Will Smith's Alsatian in 'I Am Legend' post-infection, then why not ship them to live on a non-human inhabited island and let them live in the wild. I'm positively, affirmatively sure that both of these options are far better than being thrown in a meat grinder.

/Rant over

Improvement is always possible.

Trust me when I say some dogs are beyond help, sadly.....

I am a soppy dog lover but we're not exactly short of dogs, so have no problem with putting bad ones down.

If it is hundreds, thats unlikely to happen you would need Bob Geldof to do the tin rattling!

I'm still not sure why we dont licence pet ownership, a small annual fee would cover enforcement bit put off those not up to the job.

People breed Pitbull/derivitave crossbreeds and sell them to the kinds of toe rags and tossers who you wouldn't want owning a budgie, much less a large, powerful and potentially very dangerous dog.

It's a lucrative business. People buy them because it's a weapon of intimidation they can flaunt and they are happy to skirt around the law. There's a charming individual around my locale who has just such a dog. If I ever see it off the leash in the park I'll be calling the dog warden...have saved the number for just that occasion.

Not enough. I only need a quick drive around this city to see scores of pitbulls. Why aren't they being confiscated off the ****s who own them?

Any idiot can see that they're pitbulls, not "part staff or American bulldog'.

I work in a prison & do cell checks every day. Prisoners like to put family pictures up, fast cars, fast bikes, dogs....don't see many photo's of spaniels, poodles, chihuahuas or bichon frise's.
Loads of baby eating dogs though.

One guy on G wing was very upset when his yorkshire terrier fell ill & another had a photo of his grandads cat on his wall. It was a ginger one & called 'Marmalade'

Just thought I'd say. 😆

I have a Rottweiler cross dog, and it really gets my goat when people come up to me in the park and feel the need to inform me that I have a "dangerous dog" or an "illegal breed". People really don't know their stuff when it comes to dogs and the law, so I get why the OP was skeptical about the stats.

Personally, I'd rather the owners were put down.

Thanks all, I was wrong!

Reported, no need for this vile attitude here.

a cross Rottweiler sounds pretty dangerous to me

Surely it's time to limit the number of dog breeders, ban certain breeds completely and introduce a meaningful licence fee? Maybe it's just me, but there seems to be many more dogs around than just a few years ago. Where people used to be content with one, they now seem to have two or three.

failedengineer

Surely it's time to limit the number of dog breeders

failedengineer
ban certain breeds completely and introduce a meaningful licence fee?

failedengineer
Maybe it's just me, but there seems to be many more dogs around than just a few years ago. Where people used to be content with one, they now seem to have two or three.

Around here in the last year I've noticed a big increase. Including both my neighbours. Oh the joys. In my immediate vicinity I chalk it up to people trying to fill the void left in their home when their children move out, or they are substitute children for people who can't/won't or don't want kids.

failedengineer Where people used to be content with one, they now seem to have two or three.

That's because now you can't just have a dog. You need another dog to keep your dog company when you're away at work all day.

A few years ago there was a guy nearby with a massive mastiff. He was a proper arse, junky, dealer. Liked to intimidate others saying on his command his dog would rip the throat out of other dogs. Saw him kick the big beast a few times. He appeared one day in serious plaster and bandages apparently the dog pretty much ripped his arm off. But had to be destroyed nice looking dog it was.

I don't really like to admit it but whenever I go to the parks with my kids on bikes or their rolletskates I always have something in my backpack to deal with any such dog related event should it occur. Just hear too many stories locally about some sort of pitbull type dog that has gone for a young kid. I'm not prepared to let my girls be one of that statistic. There are just far too many knobs with these types of dogs where I live.

konabunny - Member
a cross Rottweiler sounds pretty dangerous to me

He's crossed with a Labrador. He could be a dangerous dog, if he had been raised to be one, as most dogs could be. However, it is not a breed that is prohibited under the DDA. People think of Rotties as being that sort of dog, a bit like staffies, but it's the owners that are the problem, not the dogs. Unfortunately "hard-looking" dogs tend to attract exactly the sort of owners they shouldn't have.

Around here in the last year I've noticed a big increase [b]in people having children[/b]. Including both my neighbours. Oh the joys. In my immediate vicinity I chalk it up to people trying to fill the void left in their home when their [b]dog dies, or they are substitute dogs for people who can't/won't or don't want dogs.[/b]

IME Rotties are noisy but reluctant to attack.

Akitas, however......

Don't rely on daily wail.

Official stats are collected. I think by the ministry of justice.