Woman mauled to death by Dog in London

[norbert]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20101224/tuk ... dbed5.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Brainache]

Sorry, but it happened on private property so the courts wont be interested.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

They have arrested the owner apparently on suspicion of manslaughter.

[NWpostie]

If convicted, I hope fully they can make it a "case law" by passing parliament who seemed too reluctant to deal with this, who are useless for everything else anyway.

[norbert]

They have arrested the owner apparently on suspicion of manslaughter.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20101224/tuk ... a1618.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

the interesting bit " Alex Blackburn-Smith is believed to be Ms Williams's partner and the owner of the dog."

I'd a very interesting chat with the Council Dog Warden as I'd Pikey / Chav problems , nice lady but nobody's fool and she was of the view that the law in many instances was too wooly .

[DGP1]

I hate those Mastiff dogs, they're too big and dangerous to have as pets, they where bred for hunting poachers ffs

And I had the misfortune to have a run in with one (and it's 2 idiot owners)

[BELIAL]

I think you will find that the Mastiff was the original "let loose the dogs of war" the shock and awe weapons of the roman legions

[norbert]

I hate those Mastiff dogs, they're too big and dangerous to have as pets, they where bred for hunting poachers ffs

And I had the misfortune to have a run in with one (and it's 2 idiot owners)

that is the problem ...idiot owners and that idiotic culture .......Evolution in reverse....maybe they like to be on the same evolutionary level ...Where's Hitler when we need him ? ....only joking .....

[DGP1]

I think you will find that the Mastiff was the original "let loose the dogs of war" the shock and awe weapons of the roman legions

The Neapolitan Mastiff, Italian Mastiff, (Mastino Napoletano in Italian) is a large, ancient dog breed. This massive breed is often used as a guard and defender of family and property due to their protective instincts and their fearsome appearance. The breed is reported to have been used to fight alongside the Roman Legions, by having bladed and spiked leather harnesses tied to their backs and being trained to run under the bellies of enemy horses, to disembowel them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neapolitan_Mastiff" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[TrueBlueTerrier]

also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogs_of_Roman_Britain" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The ancient Roman poet Grattius (or Grattius Faliscus) wrote of British dogs, describing them as superior to the ancient Greek Molossus, saying:

"What if you choose to penetrate even among the Britons? How great your reward, how great your gain beyond any outlays! If you are not bent on looks and deceptive graces (this is the one defect of the British whelps), at any rate when serious work has come, when bravery must be shown, and the impetuous War-god calls in the utmost hazard, then you could not admire the renowned Molossians so much."[3]

The ancient Greek historian Strabo reported that dogs were exported from Britain for the purpose of game hunting, and that these dogs were also used by the Celts as war dogs.[4]

The Roman writer Tacitus in the first century AD mentions in his accounts of Britain that its principal exports were grain, hides, cattle, iron, silver, slaves, and clever hunting-dogs.

The late Roman poet Nemesianus referred to British dogs, describing them as swift and suited to hunting.[5] The even later Roman poet Claudian describes British dogs "that can break the backs of mighty bulls".[6]

[edit]Agassian
"There is a strong breed of hunting dog, small in size but no less worthy of great praise. These the wild tribes of Britons with their tattooed backs rear and call by the name of Agassian. Their size is like that of worthless and greedy domestic table dogs; squat, emaciated, shaggy, dull of eye, but endowed with feet armed with powerful claws and a mouth sharp with close-set venomous tearing teeth. It is by virtue of its nose, however, that the Agassian is most exalted, and for tracking it is the best there is; for it is very adept at discovering the tracks of things that walk upon the ground, and skilled too at marking the airborne scent." Oppian, early 3rd century.[7]
The modern descendant of the Agassian hunting dog of Roman-era Britain is the Welsh Springer Spaniel.[8]