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Post by cloud on May 30, 2019 7:09:20 GMT
On the news today a dog owner let two dogs starve to death but is only banned from owning dogs for ten years.
Why are they not banned from owning dogs for life?.
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Post by goodie on May 30, 2019 8:10:11 GMT
On the news today a dog owner let two dogs starve to death but is only banned from owning dogs for ten years. Why are they not banned from owning dogs for life?. Well, he should really be banned for life, but should it also not carry a prison sentence? Let's say you let your child starve to death, there would certainly be a prison sentence, so why not for dogs? They are, after all, in my eyes, family members, and the same rules should apply!
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Post by caryll on May 30, 2019 8:57:07 GMT
Because dogs are 'property'.  |
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Post by goodie on May 30, 2019 10:55:25 GMT
Because dogs are 'property'. They are "property"  Is that by law? Seems odd to me, you cannot own a living creature, a table, yes, a TV set, yes, but isn't a living creature by nature something that can't be owned? They can all have a mind on their own, even goldfish, I know, limited intelligence, but still...
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Post by gsdgroupie on May 30, 2019 11:46:55 GMT
I get VERY upset if anything happens to any of my fish  and today I was upset to see a Gull get run over and killed on my way home! This is despite the fact that I hate the blooming things making a horrible noise near my house.
I've noticed recently that more offenders are receiving jail terms for animal cruelty, but it still isn't enough. How on earth do they keep an eye on all the people that have been banned from keeping animals, perhaps they rely a lot on the public. If you knew someone that had done something like this and had been banned but then you saw them with an animal, you'd report it, wouldn't you? I know I would. 
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Post by goodie on May 30, 2019 11:54:51 GMT
I would definitely, and I am sure everybody on this forum as well!
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Post by caryll on May 30, 2019 13:59:31 GMT
Because dogs are 'property'. They are "property" Is that by law? Seems odd to me, you cannot own a living creature, a table, yes, a TV set, yes, but isn't a living creature by nature something that can't be owned? They can all have a mind on their own, even goldfish, I know, limited intelligence, but still... Yep, I'm afraid so. "The theft act 1968 sets out what is property and what isn't. In fact any animal known as being 'reduced into captivity or possession' is classed as property."
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Is that by law? Seems odd to me, you cannot own a living creature, a table, yes, a TV set, yes, but isn't a living creature by nature something that can't be owned? They can all have a mind on their own, even goldfish, I know, limited intelligence, but still...
and today I was upset to see a Gull get run over and killed on my way home! This is despite the fact that I hate the blooming things making a horrible noise near my house. 