All this public outcry demanding a ban on the dog, some badly defined legislation on what constitutes the breed, and what’s changed?
Need to start charging owners with assault with a weapon or something this can’t go on
A schoolboy is in a serious condition in hospital after being mauled by what is believed to be an XL bully.
Merseyside Police were called to Wadham Road in Bootle just after 5.20pm on Saturday following reports a dog had bitten an eight-year-old boy to the head in the communal area of flats nearby.
The boy was rushed to hospital with serious head injuries and required emergency surgery. He remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition.
Seems to me from the article the owners are no relation to little boy, little boy was playing or even just passing through communal hallways and has been attacked. Irresponsible owners again, yet why would you have a dangerous dog which is capable of attacking somebody confined in flats?
Hope the little boy makes a recovery quickly, can’t imagine what his poor parents must be going through having a 8 year old little boy myself 😡
This has to stop, it’s becoming a daily occurrence.
Ngl i thought they meant an extra large kid bullying
It is sad that this kid will have this experience to live through for the rest of his life, likely with physical and mental trauma, just because some fuckwits thought their dangerous dog wouldn’t harm a fly.
I bet it was called Ripper or Skull or something equally as cute.
>reports a dog had bitten an eight-year-old boy to the head **in the communal area of flats nearby.**
Should have been muzzled then. As ever, this new law needs a bit of enforcement.
I’m actually fed up of seeing at least 2 new articles about an XL bully attacks every day. The dogs are clearly dangerous, we get it, just fucking get rid of/ ban them already. These stories are so common it’s almost like propaganda to distract from the absolute shit show that thus coutlntry has become.
The legislation passed around these dogs is essentially, like many laws, a mop up law. It gives the police something to make an arrest for, but is pretty much unenforceable on a daily basis which is what the police are currently saying.
Then why do people still have them, and why are there more attacks being reported on every day?
The “bully ban” is completely toothless. Too many loopholes and workarounds for the idiot owners and not enough of a punishment who breach it.
“Ban” working well then. Confiscate all these dogs now.
>The man and woman who were arrested are not related to the child who is injured, police said.
No excuses for emotional distress then. I believe the maximum sentence in this case is 5 years, which is analogous to sentences for GBH.
Amazing! Make society worse where parents will now drive their kids to school instead of letting them walk or others, because they don’t want their child to be attacked by an untrained dog.
Add untrained owners to the list of why people don’t go outside anymore
As many warned, the only people complying with the new law are the decent law abiding people. But so many with these dogs never fell into that category anyway so will never be told what to do. They’ll keep doing what they want until punished in some way.
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All this public outcry demanding a ban on the dog, some badly defined legislation on what constitutes the breed, and what’s changed?
Need to start charging owners with assault with a weapon or something this can’t go on
A schoolboy is in a serious condition in hospital after being mauled by what is believed to be an XL bully.
Merseyside Police were called to Wadham Road in Bootle just after 5.20pm on Saturday following reports a dog had bitten an eight-year-old boy to the head in the communal area of flats nearby.
The boy was rushed to hospital with serious head injuries and required emergency surgery. He remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition.
Seems to me from the article the owners are no relation to little boy, little boy was playing or even just passing through communal hallways and has been attacked. Irresponsible owners again, yet why would you have a dangerous dog which is capable of attacking somebody confined in flats?
Hope the little boy makes a recovery quickly, can’t imagine what his poor parents must be going through having a 8 year old little boy myself 😡
This has to stop, it’s becoming a daily occurrence.
Ngl i thought they meant an extra large kid bullying
It is sad that this kid will have this experience to live through for the rest of his life, likely with physical and mental trauma, just because some fuckwits thought their dangerous dog wouldn’t harm a fly.
I bet it was called Ripper or Skull or something equally as cute.
>reports a dog had bitten an eight-year-old boy to the head **in the communal area of flats nearby.**
Should have been muzzled then. As ever, this new law needs a bit of enforcement.
I’m actually fed up of seeing at least 2 new articles about an XL bully attacks every day. The dogs are clearly dangerous, we get it, just fucking get rid of/ ban them already. These stories are so common it’s almost like propaganda to distract from the absolute shit show that thus coutlntry has become.
The legislation passed around these dogs is essentially, like many laws, a mop up law. It gives the police something to make an arrest for, but is pretty much unenforceable on a daily basis which is what the police are currently saying.
Then why do people still have them, and why are there more attacks being reported on every day?
The “bully ban” is completely toothless. Too many loopholes and workarounds for the idiot owners and not enough of a punishment who breach it.
“Ban” working well then. Confiscate all these dogs now.
>The man and woman who were arrested are not related to the child who is injured, police said.
No excuses for emotional distress then. I believe the maximum sentence in this case is 5 years, which is analogous to sentences for GBH.
Amazing! Make society worse where parents will now drive their kids to school instead of letting them walk or others, because they don’t want their child to be attacked by an untrained dog.
Add untrained owners to the list of why people don’t go outside anymore
As many warned, the only people complying with the new law are the decent law abiding people. But so many with these dogs never fell into that category anyway so will never be told what to do. They’ll keep doing what they want until punished in some way.