That'll be MUCH safer then!!

[Platypus]

I wonder if this is a sneaky way of the government opting out of paying from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. They just say "tough, matey wasn't insured"

[Doggy Styles]

Could there be another few thousand public sector jobs administering it?

[DaveB]

It's not about stopping the problem in the short term, but making it easier to deal with and reducing it in the long term. Writing thses proposals off because they are not an immediate and total fix for the problem is shortsighted and counter productive.

At the moment possesion of a dangerous dog, of the sort dicussed here - trained to be aggresive and used as a weapon - cannot be dealt with easily as there is no easy way of establishing ownership, and hence accountability for the dog.

It takes time to determine if a dog is actually a dangerous breed, it's not always obvious, and it's easy for the supposed owners to deny it was actually their dog.

What this proposal will do is establish ownership of tagged, registered and insured dogs and mean that those found to be un-tagged can immediately be taken into "custody" without having to sort out exact breed and ownership issues.

There are still issues, it's not the whole solution to the problem, but it is a step in the right direction and a lot better than what we have now, which is essentially legislation that cannot be pro-activly enforced.

The proposals have been broadly welcomed by animal charities, the police and organisations that deal with dangerous or aggresive dogs.

As a responsible dog owner my dogs are chipped and insured anyway, and this will not make much difference to me, or most other responsible owners. It will make dealing with those animals owned by less than responsible individuals easier to do and in the long term improve the treatement os the animals involved.

[AtW]

Oh yes it seems reasonable enough. So does car insurance, and guess what the average chav does regarding that too?

Their car can get crushed - I personally saw clumped car recently by DVLA for not having tax disk, so there is a system to identify such cars and deal them.

Now all we need is to get number plates for dogs

Yours

Mr Cat

[sasguru]

It's not about stopping the problem in the short term, but making it easier to deal with and reducing it in the long term. Writing thses proposals off because they are not an immediate and total fix for the problem is shortsighted and counter productive.

At the moment possesion of a dangerous dog, of the sort dicussed here - trained to be aggresive and used as a weapon - cannot be dealt with easily as there is no easy way of establishing ownership, and hence accountability for the dog.

It takes time to determine if a dog is actually a dangerous breed, it's not always obvious, and it's easy for the supposed owners to deny it was actually their dog.

What this proposal will do is establish ownership of tagged, registered and insured dogs and mean that those found to be un-tagged can immediately be taken into "custody" without having to sort out exact breed and ownership issues.

There are still issues, it's not the whole solution to the problem, but it is a step in the right direction and a lot better than what we have now, which is essentially legislation that cannot be pro-activly enforced.

The proposals have been broadly welcomed by animal charities, the police and organisations that deal with dangerous or aggresive dogs.

As a responsible dog owner my dogs are chipped and insured anyway, and this will not make much difference to me, or most other responsible owners. It will make dealing with those animals owned by less than responsible individuals easier to do and in the long term improve the treatement os the animals involved.

Stop posting reasoned and intelligent posts on CUK. You'll make SB's pea-brain explode.

[minestrone]

Their car can get crushed - I personally saw clumped car recently by DVLA for not having tax disk, so there is a system to identify such cars and deal them.

Now all we need is to get number plates for dogs

Yours

Mr Cat

You have a pretty big database that seems to be doing very little just now...

[AtW]

Stop posting reasoned and intelligent posts on CUK. You'll make SB's pea-brain explode.

That will be a very small, safe explosion - so please continue.

HTH

[NickFitz]

You have a pretty big database that seems to be doing very little just now...

I think it's too busy helping Microsoft

[DaveB]

Stop posting reasoned and intelligent posts on CUK. You'll make SB's pea-brain explode.

Sorry, don't know what came over me, maybe I should apply to be a Moderator

Sas, your a Twunt .

That better?

[AtW]

I think it's too busy helping Microsoft

And many more other companies!