Sunday, 21, Mar 2010 03:06
Moves from the European Commission to loosen controls on pet passports could see the return of rabies to the UK, experts warned today.
The government has abandoned proposals to force dog-owners to buy compulsory third-party insurance, just a week after proposing the idea.
The government is proposing to give police and councils the power to impose 'dog control notices' as part of a crackdown on dangerous dogs, but a prominent backbencher has criticised the proposals for not going far enough.
A Labour backbencher scarred for life by a Rottweiler attack last year has said the government's proposals on strengthening dangerous dog legislation do not go far enough.
Over 100 people are hospitalised every week because of dog attacks, new figures have revealed.
No one can be in any doubt that introducing third-party dog insurance would go some way to ensure dog attack victims are adequately compensated for their physical and mental scars - but it is fraught with difficulty.
Britain's obsession with pets notwithstanding, some dogs' bites are worse than their barks.
The dog control bill is intended to repeal previous dangerous dogs acts and move the emphasis away from problem breeds to focus on owner responsibility.
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This week more than 40 gamekeepers and employers have completed the new Scottish snaring accreditation.
It's Budget week, in what is likely to be this parliament's last hurrah before it is dissolved by the Queen.