Politically driven legislation targeting dangerous dogs has had little impact

Date:

July 17, 2014

Source:

BMJ-British Medical Journal

Summary:

UK legislation that targets 'dangerous dogs' has not been shown to reduce dog bites and policies should be based on evidence and risk assessment, suggests a new article. Risk assessment for human violence has proved to be accurate and reliable and the author says this "might be a practical preventative measure to reduce injury from dog bite" along with medical and veterinary professionals "familiarizing themselves with evidence based resources."

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