| # | Name | Comments |
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| 401 | ciara o neill | |
| 402 | Ludmila Jelagina | |
| 403 | Felix Williams | Proud Staffie Owner!
Have never encountered a more trustworthy, loyal, and friendly breed. And have never had a problem, with any staffie I have ever owned.
Mr. Mayor, go take a flying leap |
| 404 | Eve Kennedy | |
| 405 | amanda byard | |
| 406 | Cveta Pudar | |
| 407 | Jessica Longdon | its some of the owners that should be banned from having dogs, its not the dog it wasnt born evil or naughty |
| 408 | AnnaM | |
| 409 | Brigitte Morrison | As an owner of a LOVELY, GENTLE and Superb with my three children German Shepherd Dog I am absolutely appalled by the ignorance the Dublin City Council shows!
It doesn't show a lot of consideration and knowledge about dogs and their behaviour. It appears more like the action of a stroppy child. Every dog and its owner should be considered individually and not by breed. It's the animals and their families that will suffer. Maybe the council should consider for every owner of EVERY kind of dog to introduce a "Doggy Owners Liscence", with a mandatory obedience and socialisation course.
It's a from of racism if you ask me!
For my part until the City Council backs up their ideas, Dublin will be a place my family and I (which includes my "dangerous" dog) will be the last place to visit! |
| 410 | Natalie | agreed |
| 411 | Darragh Kelly | they shudnt ban dogs its stupid, its the owners not the dogs... |
| 412 | diane geddie | |
| 413 | rosie gallagher | |
| 414 | Sean Ryan | The Council is behaving irresponsibly, it should be dealing with dog ownership. |
| 415 | tina adams | it is irrisposible owners that need putting down. I have two of the mentioned breeds, both rescue dogs who deserve to see the rest of their lives out with a loving caring owner, ME! |
| 416 | Anonymous | Sign |
| 417 | Dr. S.V.P. Capildeo | Any dog that is not well trained is dangerous. People who are making their dogs into dangerous creatures should be punished. Not the dogs. Within every breed there is a variety of temperaments, and dogs' instincts can always be turned to the benefit of the human companions alongside whom they involved. This is like jailing the children of nondelinquent human families who happen to be related to or living close to delinquents. |
| 418 | Kassy | |
| 419 | Robert Snowdon | To ban breeds that are established ie alsations ,rottweilers etc is mad ban the people who make the dogs nasty,they make the dogs as they are,increase the dog license is one option,on new pups registration,ie microchipped ,anyone found with a dog not under control should be removed from owners and those people banned from keeping dogs forever. |
| 420 | paula | it astounds me such a blanket ban can be introduced.... i was once bitten by a jack russell... surely they too should now be on the list?!?!?! |
| 421 | Anonymous | this is completely stupid and ignorant i recently had to get rid of my beloved japanese akita due nieghbours complaints and was very upset. different breeds of dogs shouldn't be banned as eit just upsets people and leaves dogs abandoned. |
| 422 | Nadine Walsh | Don't destroy innocent k9 lives - Get Educated!!! |
| 423 | Sarah Sanders | |
| 424 | Anonymous | I think this is riduculous ,cant believe that this could happen. If people were responsible about owning dogs it would nt be necessary, People make dogs aggressive. |
| 425 | Godfrey McCarthy | |
| 426 | lorraine coll | |
| 427 | Isabelle Norman | This decision causes me great concern for a number of reasons. How did the Council reach the decision about dangerous breeds? What criteria were applied and who advised them on this decision? Did the Council consult with any of the animal welfare organisations that are now going to have deal with a huge increase in abandoned and unwanted dogs as a result of this decision? Were they consulted as to the wisdom or otherwise of such a decision. How many other options were explored before this decision was reached?
Be VERY assured that I have sent out your decision to all my friends – urging them to contact you PERSONALLY to voice their total disgust and displeasure at your unilateral and illegal decision banning family pet dogs.
The Council, before reaching their decision, should have sought the advice of people who deal with animal welfare on a daily basis. Such organisations are by and large lobbying for responsible legislation that states that it should be dealt with by “deed not breed”. Any dog can have the capacity to be aggressive depending on how it has been treated by human beings. Such legislation would also allow for degrees of offences and remedies required by the owners as opposed to wholesale destruction of dogs by virtue of the fact that they have a specific breed name.
Such draconian actions and legislation that supports such actions has proven in other areas to be a resounding failure. This decision will result in a number of things:
Distraught families and children who have to hand over beloved family pets either for re-homing or destruction with no responsible assessment of the individual dog and its owners.
Irresponsible owners, particularly those who use their dogs for fighting and who breed dogs for the same purpose will most certainly not hand their dogs over and will instead put them into hiding and carry on with their cruel practices even further from the public eye.
Amnesties will be offered by councils to those owners to hand their dogs over and this will fail also.
Many dogs will now be abandoned or thrown on to the streets for animal welfare organisations to pick up and take responsibility for. These organisations are generally under resourced anyway and this will result in the needless cull of many dogs.
The whole area of fighting dogs is a very lucrative one and it will now be driven further underground and people will make even more money out of this cruelty to animals.
In short the Council has been very irresponsible and rash in taking this decision with very little thought for the consequences. The focus should be on the behaviour of the owners and not the dogs and this issue can be addressed with responsible ownership not destruction |
| 428 | vickie todd | i think its stupid ive been brought up around japanese akitas an pit bulls all my life they r lovely dog an wen dogs are nasty it only the way they have been brought up |
| 429 | Janette Flood | |
| 430 | Lara Waddell | This is the most ridiculously badly thought through thing that I have heard of in a long time. Stop the ban now!!! |
| 431 | Anonymous | |
| 432 | annemarie madden | i am ashamed of what my country has decided to to |
| 433 | J Williams | |
| 434 | Anonymous | I am now the proud owner of my second Rhodesian Ridgeback and am now looking for a third to keep my second one company. They are the most beautiful of dogs and extremely loyal and family orientated. The only dogs that I have every known to be aggressive are small dogs and terriers!! To ban the breeds mentioned is ridiculous, its the owners that need training. Stop letting large breeds go to people who are unable to give them the exercise they need and space. Ifor one would never leave my dogs kennelled outside, they are part of my family. Stop the criminal fraternity owning these dogs and stop you stupidity. |
| 435 | lisa iddon | |
| 436 | Anonymous | |
| 437 | Mr P Hesketh | |
| 438 | Amy Cooper | |
| 439 | Diane Meyerovich | People should not take dogs before putting the proper research into them. |
| 440 | erin Pickett | |
| 441 | Anonymous | I strongly believe that this is not the right way to handle this situation. |
| 442 | Anonymous | Breedism = Racism! Bad people make my bad dogs...just like bad parents make nasty and disrespectful children...maybe we should ban them too? It's time to STOP THIS NONSENSE. |
| 443 | Nathan Saunders | This is AWFUL. |
| 444 | Tirzah Anderson | |
| 445 | Adam | This is an absolute disgrace! Ban the scum from owning and mistreating dogs don't ban the breeds!!! I have an american akita and I won't be giving him up! |
| 446 | Dawson | When will people/ authorities understand that dangerous dogs are generally as a result of dangerous, irresponsible owners.
You are attacking the issue by the wrong methods.
The people who may own a so called "vicious" dog are more often the irresponsible scourage of society anyway.
Why are you not introducing a stringent dog licencing policy.
Like a car ... you have to pass a driver/ ownership test to get a certificate - you have your animal chipped/tatood (numberplate) , insured, MOT/health checked and you manage it/ train it accordingly.
Dangerous people will alway do and own whatever they want - Use policing to MOP unaccountable people out of the system. If people don't have the correct documentation which a responsible owner will adhere to then take the animal away.
Give an RSPCA body greater policing powers of gaining access and confiscation orders. Animal welfare and public safety is their specialism.
Don't ban or kill the poor animals at their hands. |
| 447 | Maryellen Cheal | |
| 448 | Aoife Griffith | |
| 449 | Jess | www.lovinggsd.com support in not banning any breed. |
| 450 | Erika McMenamin | This is an issue about the owners not the dogs. |