| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Dangerous Dogs - A Serious Problem, please read | |
| Posted by: | Sarah Brownlee | |
| Date/Time: | 10/04/09 00:36:00 |
| Adam, It's unfortunate you had that experience, however I must say this: No matter what, there is no excuse for the council, the legal authorities who are supposed to protecting us and looking after us, to turn their backs on a serious problem such as this, or a problem that anybody has within their borough. It is their duty to come up with the solutions, it is their duty to ensure the safety of their people; to say they don't have the resources and there are things out of their power, and to say that there are bigger priorities is, to me, nonsense. Also, to say that they can only deal with major problems is nonsense, plus the fact that this IS a severe issue for many. If anything, all it does it spell out the laziness and incompetance of the council when they don't respond to our needs and cries for help! I also have worked in the council, my overall impression when I left being that it was a case of 'overpaid and underworked.' They are not actually 'rushed off their feet'; it is an extremely relaxed and lenient setting. At this particular council, of course. And also, without wanting to downplay the problem with your fence, I have to say that this issue with the dogs and the yobs stretches a bit higher on the importance scale, and this is NOT just the case for dog owners; mothers with young children, the elderly who are harrassed by these yobs and their dogs, they all are also suffering from the same problems. I gather that the fence wasn't running around, sniping at other animals or people? Regardless of that, you're saying that there is only a limited amount to what the council can do; it's not true. The council, with regards to this issue of the dogs, can do a LOT. They can enforce laws that are already there, ie, if a dog shows signs of aggression it can be seized; they can put officers on the beat properly, not just once, twice a week, but make it a MAIN PRIORITY. You're saying, once again, that it isn't a priority because not everybody thinks like that. Well, I can assure you that even if just ONE person felt this way, the council should do everything in their power (and they have a LOT more power than they let on) to ensure that this issue is met and resolved - no excuses whatsoever! Action is more than possible, as are finding solutions to this problems, and most importantly, acting on those solutions, instead of just sitting back, talking a lot and doing nothing. It's a question of actually DOING it, rather than that it cannot be done. |