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Let’s do kid licensing while we’re at it

Yes.

You will of course be invoiced for kennel costs and if it is your 7th annual holiday you will be going on your 8th before your mutt is returned to you.

Problem with the dog license is we already tried it and scraped it as was ignored and not enforced although they still have them in NI

Yes, flooding in Greece is terrible, the are suggesting it has created new permanent lakes

Already a thing in the states, with a nice chunk of VC funding:
https://www.pooprints.com

(Trigger warning- climate, refugees)

Sadly this storm is in line with climate predictions. Someone here was saying that the world won’t take climate change seriously until eg the whole of Miami is wiped off the map overnight by a storm.

An increased influx of refugees from Africa is pretty much a given.

I think that may've been Richard Ballantine in his book, Bicycle.

Oh look another one
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-66787983

I fear the BBC expose of body shaming in ballet schools may be a couple of centuries late.

For dogs, why not licence owners (training etc.... like driving) and open up the law to allow for unlimited criminal and civil liabilities? People might reconsider if it could cost them unlimited monies?

Then the desire for such breeds would die off.

No mention of muzzles for dogs in public spaces

Word

For dogs, why not licence owners (training etc.... like driving) and open up the law to allow for unlimited criminal and civil liabilities?

Not saying you’re wrong but it’s ironic that driving a car, especially one’s own expensive car, seems to allow people to harm others with impunity.

open up the law to allow for unlimited criminal and civil liabilities?

I thought you already were

I'm not pro or anti dog but it's interesting how many dog owners feel it's perfectly acceptable to tell me that their dog only barks and jumps up at brown people.

Srsly?

So sorry, so sorry, don't know why but he only really growls like that at brown people, it must be a genetic thing.

^ Shows the inherent bias of that poll.

More people vote for Labour/LD than for Con, but despite Lab/LD both voting 48% for People the average for All is skewed only 2% away from the 39% of Con voters.

The only logical conclusion is that poll has a disproportionate number of Con voters.

"I don't know if I prefer people or animals"

I get not having a preference, or not being able to decide, but not knowing?
Like, you are there, just ask yourself.

Prefer them as what? Spouses, colleagues, friends, GPs, MPs, shop assistants, pets? It's an inane question.

What version of get thatfkn dog away from me dont you understand . So if i kick it into the long grass and it breaks something who is liable ! Not that i am arsed.

I love dogs and I agree with this sentiment. It’s still an animal under your legal control, roaming free despite onsite leash requirements, get it the fuck away from my food and my family.

This poll is rather one sided because it is not asking animals for their opinions.

Apologies TeamDog, but muzzles are the cheapest and most easily enforceable policy.

How are they going to eat fox poo though?

Probably wouldn’t have helped the poor lad who got mauled to death in that house.