wtf .....dog owners will get done if there dog attacks burglar
 

What's you're thoughts on this? The article from the mail says that dog owners could be liable for up to a £5,000 fine and up to 2 years in jail if your dog bites a burglar while you're not home. Now I know it's the Daily so I did some research and have also linked the Proposal Bill for the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.

It basically says that they want to change the act so that a person is liable if their dog is not under control and attacks someone on any property in England and Wales whether it is public or not. So that means that if your dog is uncontrolled in your home while you are out, you could possibly be in trouble. There are subsections that say that you are not guilty of an offence if you are in a building or part building which is a dwelling and the victim is trespassing or if you believe they are trespassing.

So basically if you're out and your dog attacks a trespasser, there is now no longer an exception for you, IF this proposal gets passed

If you invite someone into your house/ property and the dog attacks then you should be fined/ jailed etc.

If someone breaks into your property/ house then they have already commited an offence and if a guard dog/ dog/ pet bites/ attacks/ guards the property/ house/ owners then its the intruders own fault.

Two words come to mind.......common sense