Dog attacks hold steady

Oh, now this should be a good read!

Dog-bite attacks in Christchurch have remained static in the past year, but the number of animals impounded could be increasing.

Why am I not surprised. At $300 a dog fine, I'd be wanting their pelts too!

British authorities are reviewing the effectiveness of dog laws after a pit bull terrier-type mauled to death a five-year-old girl at her grandmother's home on New Year's Day.British law bans the breeding and sale of four breeds – pit bull terriers, Japanese tosas, fila brasileiro and dogo argentino.

In New Zealand, the same breeds are classed as menacing dogs, meaning they have to be muzzled in public and neutered.

Christchurch City Council statistics for July to June years show that in
2005-06 --186 dog-bite attacks on people,
2004-- 190
2003-04-- 185 .
So far this financial year there have been 87 attacks.

I'd LOVE to know what an ATTACK is. Is it nipping? Is it riping your clothes off? Is it a misinterpretation of a non-dog owner?
As you all know, there are statistics, and statistics and more lies. I learned that at University!

Statistics are only as good as what/how it is measured. If they really want to understand if their laws are working (dummer laws, I should say), they should measure 'attacks' in details. But of course, that would just be as good as the person entering the info.

There was a moderate increase in recorded incidents of dogs attacking domestic animals in the past financial year – 255, compared with 209 and 222 in the previous two years. So far this financial year 109 domestic attacks have been recorded.

The third category the council records is dogs rushing at people. Oh dogs rushing at people?! What the hell is that?

For 2005-06 there were 286 recorded incidents, compared with 321 and 329 in the previous two years. There have been 127 rushing incidents recorded so far this financial year.

The council has impounded 1323 stray and wandering dogs so far this financial year compared with 1720 for 2005-06. And Holmes was one of them. The one that CAUGHT the ROBBER!

They couldn't even write the ticket out right. We thought if we pointed it out to them, they'd say 'sorry, maybe next time.' But NO, they wrote another ticket! When we tried to go to court, the courts said that we shouldn't have told them anything and gone to court and tell the judge their mistake. We thought we'd save the taxpayers money, instead, we paid! Go to court next time. We learned our lesson. Sorry taxpayers, but we are made to waste your money.