Conservative Home Office minister Tom Sackville told MPs in early 1997 that the Dangerous Dogs Act had "achieved its main objectives".
Play video. The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 was passed following a series of high profile incidents in which people, including a number of children, were severely injured or killed by dogs.
These are known as the “Banned Breeds”. It can affect all dog owners, or the person in charge of the dog at the time of the incident. These are known as the “Banned Breeds”. According the RSPCA, European and world governments introduced legislation as a direct response to media pressure following fatal dog attacks as occurred in the UK… What Is the Dangerous Dogs Act? The law makes it illegal to own, sell, breed, give away or abandon one of these types of dog. On 12 August 1991, the Dangerous Dogs Act came into force, banning four types of dog.
The government of the time decided that certain breeds of dog (that had been specifically bred for fighting) were too dangerous to be permitted to be owned in the UK. By Dominique Jackson for the Daily Mail Updated: 08:42 EDT, 3 January 2012 Dangerous Dog Laws Aren’t Working - MPs Want To Know Why RSPCA says huge numbers of dogs have been put down 'simply for looking a certain way'.
The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 was passed following a series of high profile incidents in which people, including a number of children, were severely injured or killed by dogs. The Dangerous Dogs Act was introduced in 1991 in response to a spate of dog attacks. The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 was introduced after a series of vicious attacks on children by pit bull terriers provoked a tabloid and public outcry over what became known as "devil dogs". This is often referred to as ‘breed specific legislation’, or ‘BSL’, but actually the law doesn’t recognise a dog’s family tree, or pedigree. Dangerous Dogs Act is an Act of the Parliament of United Kingdom. There is a massive change to the 1991 dangerous dogs act.
We were told it would prevent dog attacks, but twenty-five years on, injuries caused to humans by dogs are at an all-time high and pet dogs are killed every month simply because of how they look. The changes to the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 will come into force on 13th May 2014. According to the 1991 Dangerous Dog Act passed by the United Kingdom parliament, it is illegal to own any “specially controlled dogs” without an exemption issued by the courts.
Until 1987 dog owners were required to buy a 37p 'dog licence'. Those that oppose the law criticise it for requiring the destruction of safe dogs while failing to tackle the number of dog bite incidents.
But the licence was widely ignored and when the first Dangerous Dogs Act was introduced… The Dangerous Dogs Act was introduced in 1991 following a spate of dog attacks – including a number involving young children. The government of the time decided that certain breeds of dog (that had been specifically bred for fighting) were too dangerous to be permitted to be owned in the UK.