Dangerous Dogs Act dogs attacked a cat ? did they - discussion posts moved here

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@whitelist

 

Dogs off the lead attacking another animal even with it being instinctual or not would be considered dangerous / out of control and in most cases if they can't be recalled / restrained and they cause injury they will be found at fault even if the animal they are attacking causes injury in defence.

 

We have had two different instances of off lead dogs attacking ours, the first time he was bitten and we had to go through the courts to recoup costs of vet bills etc and the second time I was actually bit first and that is when the police got involved as that is when it is considered assault when a human is involved (not that this part applies here.)

A court could also decide that your dog is dangerously out of control if either of the following apply:

• it attacks someone’s animal
• the owner of an animal thinks they could be injured if they tried to stop your dog attacking their animal

However animals are considered property so as the police have said it is a civil matter and not criminal.

 

The fact that you said they chased the cat and you didn't see the incident they can't have been under reasonable control by the owner as they would have been out of sight at the time of the attack.