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http://www.accringtonobserver.co.uk/...p_attacks.html

Would love to know which scumbag is responsible for this...... I hope they get what's coming to them, before they target any more innocent animals.

Makes my blood boil

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I live not far away. People walk past my door with dogs all day long -dog s**t everywhere - dog fights often - cats are mauled - bring back the dog licence and make it EXPENSIVE!!!! -so only responsible people are likely to want to own one - ie -if it costs they are more likely to take more care

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Have you noticed dogs that people seem to keep these day's, are all the fancy sort you used to see film stars etc with, gone are the day's of the old 'mut' that next doors bitch had as result of an 'accident', saved from the tub with your youngest ,and you hadn't the heart to send them back with it. Eventually it grew into the most popular member of the family, and took the best place in the house over, the front of the fire, it's not the dogs fault these terrible things happen with them, not only killing sheep but also children to, the owners who buy these selectivly inbred dogs are the ones at fault, these animals are just an extension of their owners personalities, not like our 'Monty' used to be like.

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In Germany there are laws about what dogs you can bring with you when you come from the States. My Normie is a black Lab / Beagle mix resuced from the pound after his previous owners abused him. He is a big Kid so I dont know what therir problem was. He loves kids and will stand guard over babies.
If you break into my home he will lick you to death (over friendly)

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that is absolutley dreadful, these dogs are left to walk the streets, it could be a child next!! once a dog as taste for blood thats it!! the owners should be sent to prison, not fined!!:mad:

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It makes me feel so sad to hear about anything like this. There isnt a lot that can affect me but this sort of act does. Any cruelty to animals just makes me soo upset. I saw a picture in the sun a while back of a dalmation dog hanging from a tree. What sort of sick twisted people do that. If i found them id do it back to them and alot worse. The punishment for that is just pathetic.

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HERE HEREI AGREE WITH YOU ALL THE WAY

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Yes I agree, there should be tougher penelties for owners who dont give a toss about what their animals do and where they sh....:mad:

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Its appaling, hope the dogs are found and destroyed and the owner found and fined!
I remember the guy with the cows too, didn't he also do a horse or was that another sicko!

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Whilst in some ways I agree with this......what about the dogs owned and loved by pensioners? Would you have them pay the same fees for a licence to own a dog...maybe the only company they have?

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The cost of feeding a dog isn't cheap (if it's done right) - A pensioner who:-
is not living in accommodation which prohibits pets,
is still agile enough to excercise it properly,
can afford vet's fees and/or pet insurance

should consider themselves amongst the priviliged few and not begrudge it

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Have to agree with you, it's the owners to blame for letting them roam and, as the farmer has said, it must have been obvious to the owners when they did go home that they'd attacked something and yet they haven't come forward. I agree as well that 'mutts' make much better pets than pedigrees, we have a proper 'Heinz 57' , just the sort you describe, not pretty to look at in any sense of the word but I wouldn't swap him for anything:rolleyes:

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Margaret, I agree that feeding any animal isn't cheap, and I know some pensioners who give their pets good food and go without themselves.
For some pensioners their pet is the only company they have. The cost of a licence...especially if as you request, the government makes it expensive, won't penalise the younger people who have the money for anything (or so it seems)....it may just make owning a dog too expensive for a pensioner.

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if the parents are vicious then that dog might be too, thats why they say you should see BOTH parents, when purchasing a dog, that why im humming and ahhhing wether to buy a dog thats a stray, as i dont know its temperment or background it may seem soft but it could turn anytime!!!

ANY dog is a potential threat!!

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As a kids i have been bitten by dogs a couple of times like kisser and dogs scare me and the kids and it scares me to think what would happen if one of these dogs got hold of my children.

It was a dog that killed my very much loved cat.

I wont say i dont like all dogs but im very causious around all dogs they can be very powerful animals.

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How many sheep have you eaten in your life ?

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Good point. I really want t be a veggie but when I have tried previously I have lasted a couple of days before I have ended up eating meat again. I'm not a great cook as it is and when I do rustle up somethin proper it is always a meat based dish.

In fact this post signals the start of my new found vegetarian status! Any advice/easy recipe ideas would be gratefully received....

BTW I don't think the fact that I have eaten sheep bears any significance on this topic. This was a barbaric attack inflicted by some losers with a dog to make them feel tough, on some unsuspecting farm animals who were torn to shreds and left to die from their injuries. Does the fact that they were eventually going to be eaten mean that this attack was acceptable....? NO. Is it only vegetarians who are allowed to be disgusted.... NO

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I was at the lake district a few weeks ago, and went to the sheep centre there:
I was lucky enough to get to feed a new born lamb.... the farmer there said:
" Don't tell me you are not going to eat lamb again" if I have heard that once heard it a 100 times...
If people did not eat lamb and other meats... then we would not get to see lambs simple... plus it would put
an end to a lot of farms and so on.....
I was a vegetarian for a good few years, thought I am not now: it was hard because all you got to eat when dining out was something like pasta bake and veggie lasagne, however there is a lot more choice now a days: