Deeds Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-councils-pushing-for-harsher-penalties-after-decline-in-pet-etiquette/f036d0e3-c494-4853-b88a-1798dd69c796 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdierikx Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Quote "The council said it had seen a significant increase in dog attacks, from 900 reported attacks in 2004 to over 5000 in 2024." This is reported as coming from Randwick council. The actual figures, which took me 5 minutes to find and fact check, are... 65 attacks reported for the whole year of 2024 in Randwick LGA - and 5091 for ALL reported attacks in the whole state of NSW for the year 2024. The stats are published by quarter on the OLG website for anyone to find btw. So, 65 attacks (also broken down into attacks on humans or other animals) recorded in an LGA with 26,254 dogs microchipped as living in that LGA, doesn't seem like a massive statistic to use to claim that there seems to be a chronic issue, does it? Maybe the fact that the current fines don't actually cover the man hours spent chasing up the reports of attacks might be more to the point? The other fact that most LGA's haven't got the staff to functionally enforce the laws couldn't be an issue either, could it? Interestingly, the Randwick stats actually show a decline over the 2024 year for the number of reports made. Jan-March was 19, Apr-Jun was 18, Jul-Sep was 17, and Oct-Dec was 11... which doesn't really gel with what the article is inferring, right? As for the total NSW attack figure of 5091, when you break it down as a proportion of the total number of microchipped dogs (and this doesn't factor the numbers of non-microchipped dogs) in the state which is 3,094,312 (as at Dec 2024) - the numbers, while not great, are still a very small percentage, yes? Just remember, there are lies, damned lies, and statistics... all of which seem to be apparent in this article. Check the stats for yourself here... https://olg.nsw.gov.au/public/dogs-cats/responsible-pet-ownership/pound-and-dog-attack-statistics/ T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeds Posted June 4 Author Share Posted June 4 Not forgetting all the attacks that are never reported because people don't want to deal with councils. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 3 hours ago, tdierikx said: Just remember, there are lies, damned lies, and statistics... all of which seem to be apparent in this article. Indeed!! A tad misleading ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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