kola Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 anyone heard anything? had an email to say Longford County council has imposed a dog ban from its properties, 12 breeds including Greyhounds Amanda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmagic Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 anyone heard anything? had an email to say Longford County council has imposed a dog ban from its properties, 12 breeds including Greyhounds Amanda I read something about that a few days ago but can't remember where. Will try to find it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmagic Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 http://www.dogworld.co.uk/News/16-new-ban-hits-greyhounds ANOTHER Irish council has imposed a swingeing dog ban – this time outlawing Greyhounds and their crosses among other breeds. Longford County Council has banned 12 breeds from its properties – the Greyhound, Bulldog, Bullmastiff, Dobermann, Bull Terrier, German Shepherd, Akita, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Rottweiler, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa and ‘American Pit Bull’. The ban also includes all those breeds’ crosses. Angrily Last year, owners, breeders, the Irish Kennel Club and animal welfare groups reacted angrily to Dublin City Council’s ten-breed ban from its flats, houses and estates. The ban, which the authority said was being done on ‘public safety grounds’, was imposed without warning or consultation. The breeds involved were the same as Longford’s, except the latter’s includes the Greyhound and Bulldog. Longford’s ban was prompted by ‘complaints from residents about noise, nuisance and fear of attacks’, the authority said this week. Greyhounds were included, the spokesman said, ‘not because they are considered dangerous but because particular difficulties are being experienced arising out of high numbers being kept in housing estates for Greyhound racing purposes, etc’. The ban will affect only new tenants; existing ones can keep the dogs they have, even if they are of the banned breeds. “Under the tenancy agreement between the council and the tenant, the tenant agrees not to keep more than one dog,†the spokesman said. “In addition, the agreement specifies that the keeping of any breed of dog listed in the appendix is prohibited. “In accordance with the Housing Act 1966 the housing authority is responsible for the management and control of any dwelling provided by it.†Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nouggatti Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 Monaghan Co. Council have imposed a similiar ban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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