"T i m" wrote in message
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On Mon, 27 Aug 2018 09:36:23 +0100, Martin Brown
wrote:

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Shame you
can't do something more permanent about irresponsible dog owners.

You can (and not just dogs of course). They can be banned from owning
a dog for a period or life, fined and / or imprisonment (14 years for
a fatality).

https://www.gov.uk/control-dog-public

https://www.gov.uk/government/public...tioners-manual

But that is useless with small dog that just bites occasionally
and is just a nuisance to the person bitten.