https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-66740715
The ban comes after higher numbers of dog attacks are reported in Somerset this year.
He argued dog owners with fewer dogs were often less able to control them.
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"Two Labradors came over that were totally out of control, whereas we noticed in the corner of the field there was a man on his own with about 25 beagles. Those beagles did not move."
Those beagles did not move.
Beagles were bred to trail animals.
Labrador retrievers were bred to go after birds that get shot out of the sky.
You have a bunch of balloonists land what's basically the world's biggest bird in a field and the Labradors go bonkers and the beagles don't care.
I feel like all parties involved probably acted about as one might expect.
What an odd ban. Do they have any evidence that commercial dog walkers (as those with lots of dogs are likely to be) are responsible for the increase?
They likely must have some statistics. But if I had to do an uneducated guess, I would guess it’s also due to poorly socialized dogs from lockdown time. Not that it’s mutually exclusive.
For everyone saying this seems random/odd/pointless/in response to some Karen etc:
February 2023: Dog walker mauled to death by dogs at Surrey beauty spot
The dog walker, from Croydon, died after suffering massive blood loss caused by multiple bites to the neck in Gravelly Hill, Caterham, on January 12, while she was out with eight dogs.
Which I suspect may have some bearing on this announcement.
Hah, guess.
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The assholes who raise vicious bad dogs will just move onto another breed. You can't legislate being a good dog owner.
I'm sorry officah, I just happen to have my hands full with too many bitches. I just can't help it, officah.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Council leader Mike Bell said a public consultation showed "strong support" for the plan.
The move comes after dog attacks in North Somerset reportedly rose from 385 in 2020 to 480 in 2023.
"There will be exceptional circumstances and we will need to keep that under review in terms of the operational realities," Mr Bell said.
But Portishead South councillor Peter Burden said the rule was "a step too far," adding the council already had powers to make people put a dog on a lead.
"Two Labradors came over that were totally out of control, whereas we noticed in the corner of the field there was a man on his own with about 25 beagles.
The council said more rules for dog owners could soon be implemented to cover specific places in North Somerset.
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Did anyone actually read the article:
"The ban - which covers all spaces in North Somerset open to the public".
I live in South Somerset (Yeovil) but since the county went even more bizarre and decided to amalgamate into some mad centralised Somerset County thingie instead of the old Somerset regions. who knows what this ruling even means?
@mex@feddit.co.uk - fix the title to note coverage only applies to North Somerset (whatever that is). It's shitty to imply something that doesn't apply to the vast majority of a county, let alone the country.
