An expert has warned the increase in dog bites could be down to more animals being bought from unregulated sellers or owners who are lacking in experience
He said: “It could be, for example, that people are buying their dogs in different ways, there could be more dogs being bought over the internet from an unregulated place, there are more dogs coming in from continental Europe from unknown backgrounds, and it could be that more people are getting dogs who have never had dogs before.”
In July, Royal Mail said there were 1,673 dog attacks reported on postal staff in 2021, with an average of 32 attacks every week across the UK. Pitbull terriers are banned in the UK, under section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act. Tulloch says there’s no evidence to prove these breeds bite more people Mr Tulloch said the same legislation around dangerous dogs had been in place for the past 30 years, but bites were still increasing.
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