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The Kennel Club Has Joined Praise For Rspca U.k.


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The Kennel Club has joined the praise for the RSPCA for publicly speaking up for a repeal of legislation that bans breeds or types of dogs. Last week the RSPCA publicly supported an appeal from DDAWatch and C-fidos for the UK to repeal section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act, the part of the legislation which bans dogs by type and breed.

In a statement provided to the Coalition of Improved Dog Ownership Standards (C-fidos) the Kennel Club say:

"The Kennel Club has, for a number of years, been lobbying the government and politicians to repeal the current legislation and believes that it is the breed specific nature of current legislation that has caused it to fail.

The Kennel Club is secretariat of the Dangerous Dogs Act Study Group (DDASG), a wide-ranging group comprising animal welfare organisations, local authorities and representatives from the veterinary profession, who have come up with proposals to repeal the DDA and whose position reflects that of 'deed not breed'.

Section 1 of the DDA is highly flawed and we believe that certain types of dogs are not inherently dangerous and that the actions of dog owners and a dog's training have more of an impact on a dog's behaviour than breed. Focusing on individual breeds has not prevented a large number of dog attacks."

In 2008, the Kennel Club came in for criticism from anti BSL campaigners when they said the “political climate” prevented a repeal of BSL. Asked to give clarity to that quote, they told us:

“It became obvious that after many meetings with politicians and DEFRA they could not be persuaded to repeal Section 1 due to the strength of public feeling. Given this and the government's intention to keep section 1, we felt that the most appropriate action to pursue was to push for the index to be re-opened to owner led applications. Obviously this is by no means the ideal scenario, but would have meant many dogs that were seized purely because of their type, wouldn't have to languish in police kennels and their owners having to go through the court process.

We are glad C-fidos objective is also to remove BSL and hope with ever mounting pressure the government will repeal the DDA and replace it with much better legislation.”

C-fidos, DDA Watch, the National Dog Wardens Association, RSPCA and Endangered Dogs Defence and Rescue have already added their voice to the calls for repeal of section one of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 which has not better protected the public. It is now imperative that other organisations and individuals step forward to help put pressure on the government.

When asked if they would encourage others to come forward for repeal the Kennel Club stated

“Yes there needs to be a strong show of support for BSL to be repealed.”

Ryan O’meara Chief Executive of C-fidos, says:

"It is excellent news that there now appears to be some genuine momentum gathering on the specifics of this issue. I have said for some time now that being anti BSL in theory or as a concept is laudible but we need to focus on the vey speific issue which is section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act - the BSL part. The Government needs to hear loud and clear that the leading voices involved in dog affairs, the likes of the RSPCA, the KC etc, are all against the legislation."

http://www.petparliament.com/viewarticle.p...=142&aid=96

tybrax

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....which is why I keep arguing that all the various stakeholders in the dog world, should make links with each other.

Find what they can learn from each other & find what they have in common. Then ACT together to make changes which will benefit dogs, their breeds & their owners.

It's badly needed here, too.....because there's still the chattering on about the 'dangerous breeds' in any public commentary about 'dangerous' dogs.

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Well Cal its allways good to be optimistic lol, Australia played follow the leader with these laws way back in 1992, so perhaps they will do the same again?

Actually most commonwealth countries played follow the leader at the same time perhaps they will all do that again?

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I doubt you'll see that in NSW. Dogs have already done the deal and why would they put the member time, energy or money into it, when member dogs are not on the RB list.

Maybe Dogs NSW could be stirred into action because their members' dogs are coming into the 'dangerous dog' frame?

Via the lists being released by the authorities of numbers of dog bites/attacks.....& the listing of the most common breeds involved.

Those lists are made up of 'purebred' labels.

Because the authorities collect the data via asking for/deciding on, a Primary Breed. Which means that all kinds of dogs from all kinds of sources finish up with a breed label.....as if they were all card-carrying purebreds.

Staffies & Rotties are affected like this.

The Kennel Associations need to get in there quick smart on behalf of members' purebred dogs that are being damned by association. When, statistically, they may be even less likely to cause problems.

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But dogs have already done the handshake behind closed doors and no ANKC registered dog is on the hit list in NSW. That's what it's members own :laugh:

You will however find yourself in trouble if your dog does something and council decides to take action as a "dangerous dog"

Ah ha! I was slow on the uptake there, PPS. Thanks for that info.

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Are canine councils really all that powerfull when it comes to overiding any future government legislations? do they really have a voice? I feel public concern and popular opinion would outway that voice. But I do hope to be wrong.

Did CCCQ get all huffy over declared dangerous breeds does anyone know? they have at least 12! I went back 7 years into the EDBA forum and couldnt find anything about the CCCQ complaining about it, surely someone would have posted something on the BSL concerns of that canine council..

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Dogs NSW were pretty quick off the mark, they were in behind closed doors seeking assurances that no ANKC breed would be on the list of restricted breeds in NSW before BSL was introduced.

Got ANKC papers and a microchip to match them and you do not have a resticted breed in NSW. If you are a member then you get to read minutes from meetings, messages from the President and the like.

Dogs NSW are now conducting training courses for Rangers , vets, nurses and authorised implanters about identifying RB's, they also run the breed assessments for the NOI's and have a hand in the temp testing. You can pretty much say that they have a hand in everything BSL related and are on the ball when it comes to looking after the ANKC dogs.

Was having a chat to my Ranger and he was most impressed with the Breed ID seminar that he attended and is confident that he'll be issuing a lot more NOI's in the area and dealing with those who are breaking the law. :thumbsup:

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