Dog Control Orders
posted by Chris at 14:30
Northampton is proposing to introduce dog control orders, with the aim that become law by the end of 2008.
There are five orders: the first - the dog faouling law - is already through the consultation stage, the council is asking for opinions on orders 2 through 5.
Orders 2, 3 and 5 are reasonable and things that responsible dog owners will already be doing. It is Order 4 that is the issue, and affects me and The Beastly Beasts directly; it aims to limit the number of dogs being handled by one person - the proposal is six. You can see the issue I'm sure.
I suspect the issue is one of control of dogs and I for one totally agree that anyone walking any number of dogs should be in control of them. However, to base the ability to control on an arbitrary number is wrong in my opinion - particularly as it's less that the number of The Beasts.
Please, particularly if you live in or visit Northampton, dowload the leaflet from the Northampton Borough Council website then complete and return the form (it's Freepost - so won't cost anything) giving your views (I hope they are the same as mine) on this. The closing date is 16 May 2008 for this, so not much time.
If you would also write to your concillor(s) on the issue as well that would be brilliant.
Thanks in advance for your support.
There are five orders: the first - the dog faouling law - is already through the consultation stage, the council is asking for opinions on orders 2 through 5.
Orders 2, 3 and 5 are reasonable and things that responsible dog owners will already be doing. It is Order 4 that is the issue, and affects me and The Beastly Beasts directly; it aims to limit the number of dogs being handled by one person - the proposal is six. You can see the issue I'm sure.
I suspect the issue is one of control of dogs and I for one totally agree that anyone walking any number of dogs should be in control of them. However, to base the ability to control on an arbitrary number is wrong in my opinion - particularly as it's less that the number of The Beasts.
Please, particularly if you live in or visit Northampton, dowload the leaflet from the Northampton Borough Council website then complete and return the form (it's Freepost - so won't cost anything) giving your views (I hope they are the same as mine) on this. The closing date is 16 May 2008 for this, so not much time.
If you would also write to your concillor(s) on the issue as well that would be brilliant.
Thanks in advance for your support.
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