Did you hear about that boy in North London, Albert Strang? Knocked off his feet by two puppies! He was apparently left in quite a shock and the worst thing is that the owners weren’t apologetic about it. And everyone remembers poor Ellie Lawrenson up in Liverpool some years back, who was locked by the throat in the jaws of her uncle’s Pit Bull Terrier’s and shaken to death. Pit Bull Terrier’s have been banned in the 1991 Dangerous Dogs act so why don’t we cull and ban the rest of those flesh eating monsters?
I kept a cutting from the Times a few years back, which had some shocking stastics; In London last year almost 1,000 dogs were reported as being dangerously out of control in public. The RSPCA received 750 complaints about dog-fighting and dog attacks in English streets, compared with 192 incidents in 2002. Meanwhile, 3,800 people were treated in hospital for dog bites, an increase of 43 per cent over the previous four years.
Apparently it’s a gang thing. Skinheads, nasty criminals and "hoodies" like to have these horrendous creatures to gain respect from their gang contemporaries. They breed dogs that way to become more and more destructive.
And that is why I vote for the extinction of these threatening, dangerous, and quite honestly hideous dogs!
I think the dogs can be intimidating in the hands of the wrong people.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I can understand why you see these dogs in such a negative way. The real truth of it is these dogs only behave in the way they have been trained. Your statistics may be correct but they are based on all dog attacks not just Staffordshire Bull Terriers.
ReplyDeleteI hope you can come to the screening to see our film and hopefully get a better understanding on this breed of dog as they are not the first breed to be stereotyped, but thank you for your comment none the less.
What a bizarre little piece. Is it real? Ban Staffies the title says, then it rants on about Pit Bulls. There are differences. I'm totally bewildered by this post and assume it is a joke. Staffies make lovely pets, good with children - YES GOOD WITH CHILDREN. It is the owners that are at fault.
ReplyDeleteDid anyone see the Evening Standard's piece from a few weeks ago. MPs calling for tough action on 'devil dogs' http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23858035-stop-devil-dogs-terrorising-streets-say-mps.do
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