kola Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 (edited) Happy 18th Birthday: Happy Anniversary to the Dangerous Dogs Act, please take a look at the video and please, please, if you haven’t already done so, write to your own Member of Parliament-the fight is in Westminster that is where we can repeal BSL if enough people stand up against it. If we give up we may well have another eighteen years of needless killing of innocent dogs. DDA Video from DDA Watch: Eighteen years of the Dangerous Dogs Act: 18 years ago today the Dangerous Dogs Act was passed through Parliament. The Bill was pushed through commons in just one day . It then proceeded to Lords, back to Commons and received Royal Assent in less than two months from start to finish. A little over two weeks from Royal assent, on the 12th August 1991, the Dangerous Dogs Act come into force. To give some idea of just how quickly this bill was rushed in, the most recent equivalent is a mere amendment rather than a new bill, currently being suggested by Angela Smith . This received its first reading in commons on the 1st June 2009. Its second reading will not be until October 16th 2009, more time than it took to bring in the draconian DDA. So here we are 18 years later. Dog attacks are all but non existent, dog fighting has been eradicated as there are no more pit bull type dogs around and all is well with the world. … right? Of course not but it seems unlike most of us, Defra is still in the half conscious slumber its been in for the last 18 years, seemingly, neither caring nor even commenting on its bizarre instance to continue with a piece of legislation that has failed in the most horrific way. 16 years after the act came into force a child died from injuries sustained during an attack from a “pit bull type”. The law failed to protect her too. Now Defra trot out the same phrases about the need for enforcement, the systematic rounding up of dogs who measure up in inches regardless of the temperament of the dog. Defra and co seem to think we are stupid. We have had four fatalities in recent years and the link isn’t the breed or cross of the dog, it’s the ownership. Each and every time an error was made, a human error. Our response to that error is to to round up and kill the dog. We are human, we make mistakes but the one thing that is meant to make us the most superior species is our ability to process that error and learn from it. Defra refuse to do this. The Met police are hitting many festivals and carnivals in London again this year. They are likely to seize over 1000 dogs by the end of this year. Its looking to cost around 2 million pounds of tax payers money. They aren’t the only ones doing the killing. Dogs are dying in the care of those who swore to protect, hidden behind a wall of silence. All because of a law that does not work , can never work and the authorities and other organisations refusal to do anything about it. Unless you, the reader, speak up, we can look forward to another 18 years. Edited August 12, 2009 by kola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kola Posted August 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 Eighteen Years: Dangerous Dogs Act Anniversary- please write to your MP and Defra Amanda x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReikiAnge Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 Now Defra trot out the same phrases about the need for enforcement, the systematic rounding up of dogs who measure up in inches regardless of the temperament of the dog. And this is the bit that is so stupid and that no intelligent person will ever understand It's ridiculous and it's the easy way out for those powers that be that want to make it look as though they are doing something. They are doing something, but it's not the right thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kola Posted August 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 The link for the video has changed as it had to be re-uploaded: Video Amanda x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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