This is more of a plea for information than a rant, though I am perturbed by this issue.
What is the situation with dogs and muzzles? There are an alarming number of people walking around the area with vicious looking pitbull terriers, and none of them seem to have muzzles.
I’m sure there are many responsible dog owners out there but I haven’t encountered any in Rhyl of late. Abergele was the same when I visited a friend there last week.
We even had an incident outside the Visitor office in the run-up to Christmas, when two dogs fought in the High Street as a crowd of shoppers watched nervously.
For many - usually men with a complex - walking around with a snarling, spitting canine is a boost to the ego.
“Look at me and my dog, it will rip your leg off if you come near me�
That’s what concerns me. I was stood at the traffic lights on Brighton Road this morning while a bloke in a bomber jacket stood silent, his dog chomping at the bit as he tightened its lead and dragged it away from me. This dog did not have a muzzle. It was dangerous and I felt like a rump steak on legs. I don’t want to sound previous or cliched, but if this dog had a got hold of a child. Well, it does not bear thinking.
Do we have a dog warden in this area? If so, who and where are they? What is the legislation? Is there any? I’m sure many of our animal rights campaigners - who are of course entitled to their opinion, will tell me to shut up and argue that dogs have just as many rights as I do.
They don’t, they’re dogs. I’m a human being. I’m not perfect, but I’d like to keep my legs.
These are the same people, and there seem to be many of them, who argue that seagulls were here before us and they have every right to steal food from your mouth and hands. They believe you are ‘common’ for strolling around town with an ice cream or sausage roll in your hand. Cobblers.
What do you think? Am I talking rubbish or do you agree?
Write to Visitor Letters, 84 High Street, Rhyl, LL18 1UB. Alternatively, leave me a comment or e-mail martin.williams@northwalesnews.co.uk.
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Jean Bennington wrote...
I do take exception to Martin Williams assumption that many animal rights people would sympathize with letting untrained dogs run about out of control.No animal lover would want people or other dogs to suffer injuries and there are no bad dogs only bad owners .This is the usual media way of stigmatizing animal welfare groups instead of reporting all the good work they do for animals.
Posted by: Jean Bennington | January 10, 2008 3:58 PM