[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Was it their own dog?

I don't think it was Niamh, judging by the newspaper's terminology, but I have been trying to find out - with no success.

It infuriates me that yet another baby is needlessly dead and another seriously injured due to yet another breed of dog:

Detectives later confirmed that the dog responsible was an American Bulldog - a breed which is not on the Government’s Dangerous Dogs list.

In 2015 it was revealed that hospital admissions for injuries caused by dogs in England increased by 76% over ten years.

Over the past decade there have been at least 21 deaths, including 14 children or babies caused by dangerous dogs.

The 1991 Dangerous Dog Act was passed in response to an increased number of attacks in England. It made it a criminal offence to allow a dog to be 'dangerously out of control' in a public space.

In 2014 the act was extended to include dogs on private property and another law was introduced to enable police, council officials and social housing landlords to issue community protection notices, known as 'dogbos', if owners failed to bring their dogs under control.