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+====== Dangers Dog Act ======
-The Dangerous Dogs Act 25 years on: How effective has it been?
+{{https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Pit_bull_restrained.jpg?190  }} <blockquote>In the Brexit litigation about Article 50 in the supreme court, the Dangerous Dogs Act was used as an example that even such a law cannot be cancelled by the royal prerogative.[11]
-By Claire Jones
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+[[http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-37037799|The Dangerous Dogs Act 25 years on: How effective has it been?]]
+By Claire Jones BBC News Online
 Twenty-five years ago, Britain became one of the first countries in the world to ban certain breeds of dog. BBC News examines whether the Dangerous Dogs Act has been effective.
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   * The charity believed at least 71% of them could have been rehomed as family pets due to their friendly and affectionate nature.
   * NHS hospital admission statistics show there were 7,227 hospital admissions for dog bites last year which is a 6% increase year-on-year and a 76% increase over the last 10 years.
+Source: RSPCA/Battersea Dogs Home
+Earlier this year, the BBC reported how whistleblowers made a series of allegations about seized dogs in the care of Devon and Cornwall Police that were put in cages and then, due to safety concerns, not exercised.
+Those included Stella, who had been caged for nearly two years, and Vinnie, a Rottweiler whom whistleblowers said had also not been exercised.
+Stella was eventually spared and given a new owner.
+Other owners have had heartbreaking experiences.
+Fudge was five months old when he was destroyed.
+His owner, Carole from Liverpool, had rescued him at just six weeks old and had no idea he might one day be suspected to be a prohibited type.
+Carole previously said: "I am left with a legacy of guilt for being naive and a fear of ever owning a dog again. The law is proven not to have worked and needs radical change."
+Fudge the dogImage copyrightRSPCA
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+Fudge was rescued at six weeks old but his owner had no idea he might one day be suspected to be a prohibited type
+Fudge the dogImage copyrightRSPCA
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+Fudge was five months old when he was destroyed
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+The Department for Food Environment and Rural Affairs, however, said the Act has been modified throughout the years to make it more effective.
+Measures introduced allow police and local authorities to require owners to attend dog training classes or muzzle their dog in public, a spokesman said.
+"Dog attacks can have horrific consequences for victims and families, so the prohibition of certain types of dog under the Dangerous Dogs Act is crucial to help us deal with the heightened risk they pose," he said.
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