Laws must deal with dangerous dogs

Re: Dog that bit daughter still on the loose, mother complains

Some things never change. Several years ago, my mother-inlaw was viciously attacked by a neighbour’s dog. She spent two days in hospital and required

many stitches. The police investigated, the public health department did nothing and the owner kept the dog.

Now, a five-year-old girl is pulled off her bike, bitten, and has had to endure rabies shots. The dog’s owner apparently walked away and is not co-operating with authorities.

This dog was already deemed potentially dangerous as a result of a previous incident and was supposed to be leashed and muzzled.

Apparently the agencies that are supposed to help prevent reoccurrences are powerless to enforce any meaningful action. “The dog will be observed for 10 days ... in the owner’s home” — what a joke.

I’m fed up with gutless laws that are seemingly unenforceable. Wake up, toughen the laws, then enforce them. Seize the dogs, charge irresponsible owners, stop the excuses and start protecting the public.

There are thousands of dog attacks every year in Ontario but vicious dogs and their owners continue to have more rights than their victims — why? Dave McArthur Cambridge