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21 Aug 06:00am

Filed under: Ayen Chol, Dog Attacks, Dog Ban, Pit Bulls

It’s easy to generalise so here goes. In the absence of any scientific evidence, I reckon the more vicious or dangerous a breed of dog is, the greater the chances that its owner is at best a bit of a macho dill, and at worst a completely anti-social undesirable.

Jackline Ancaito (right), whose daughter Ayen Chol was killed in a pit bull attack. Photo: Penny Stephens

The death of a four-year-old girl in a pit bull attack in Melbourne this week, her poor family refugees from Sudan, has raised questions about the adequacy of the laws governing dangerous dogs and the duty of care of their owners.

It’s also raised questions about just what, if indeed anything, is happening inside the minds of people who choose to live in suburbia with dogs that are hard-wired to fight to the death, and have in many cases been rendered even more insane and unpredictable by cross-breeding.

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Aidan Bindoff says:

03:29pm | 25/08/11

This is not a debate about dog owner’s rights, it is about child protection. In over 20 years of breed-specific legislation, it has not reduced the harm from dog bites (Seksel, 2002). In other words, children are at the same risk in populations with pitbulls as they are in populations… Read more »
Christina says:

10:00am | 25/08/11

My child’s right to have a face trumps dog owner’s rights everyday of the week - pretty simple really. Read more »

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