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Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
Thu Mar 30, 2017, 12:41 PM Mar 2017

Time to outlaw dogs?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/dog-owner-fatally-mauled-by-staffordshire-bull-terrier-while-he-was-being-interviewed-for-bbc-documentary-074925727.html

[font size=4]Dog owner fatally mauled by Staffordshire bull terrier while he was being 'interviewed for BBC documentary'[/font]

A dog owner mauled to death by his Staffordshire bull terrier was allegedly being interviewed by the BBC when the horrific attack took place.

Police say that a 41-year-old man died in Wood Green, North London, after being bitten on the neck by his pet dog.

But it has now been claimed that BBC staff were present during the filming of a documentary when the dog fatally attacked its owner.


ON EDIT:
I assumed the sarcasm would be self-evident. My bad.

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Time to outlaw dogs? (Original Post) Binkie The Clown Mar 2017 OP
How would one outlaw an entire taxonomic genus? LanternWaste Mar 2017 #1
How many pot plants are in the US alone? ret5hd Mar 2017 #3
SERIOUSLY? get the red out Mar 2017 #2
You're getting closer. Iggo Mar 2017 #4
What was the documentary about? NightWatcher Mar 2017 #5
Is this some sort of weird Gungeon thread? demmiblue Mar 2017 #6
I guess I should have put a sarcasm smilie on my OP Binkie The Clown Mar 2017 #8
You aren't serious, are you? smirkymonkey Mar 2017 #7
Despite your edit, your subject line alone is going to earn you deserved fire.. hlthe2b Mar 2017 #9
This too shall pass. n/t Binkie The Clown Mar 2017 #11
"who have since confirmed that the animal is not prohibited under the Dangerous Dogs Act." PoliticAverse Mar 2017 #10
I'm not for outlawing dogs. But I am for heavy fines stopbush Mar 2017 #12
 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
1. How would one outlaw an entire taxonomic genus?
Thu Mar 30, 2017, 12:44 PM
Mar 2017

How would one outlaw an entire taxonomic genus comprised of more than 78 million in the US alone?

get the red out

(13,468 posts)
2. SERIOUSLY?
Thu Mar 30, 2017, 12:52 PM
Mar 2017

Outlaw all dogs because of a dog that, for some reason, wasn't wired right? Want to outlaw humans because of Trump?

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
5. What was the documentary about?
Thu Mar 30, 2017, 12:57 PM
Mar 2017

If it were about dogs that were violent, it proved it's point.

For the record, I have to stare at my lazy dog several times a day to see if she's even alive and breathing. She couldn't kill a chicken nugget. I tossed her one last week and she wrestled with it for a few minutes before finally making it disappear.

hlthe2b

(102,378 posts)
9. Despite your edit, your subject line alone is going to earn you deserved fire..
Thu Mar 30, 2017, 01:18 PM
Mar 2017


Some things can NOT be explained away by a tag

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
12. I'm not for outlawing dogs. But I am for heavy fines
Thu Mar 30, 2017, 01:38 PM
Mar 2017

being levied against dog owners who don't clean up their dog's shit that they leave in a neighbor's yard, and/or who let their dogs bark incessantly in their backyards.

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