I may be wrong but I do believe farmers are within their rights to shoot any animals that enter their property and "worry" animals. When I was younger a local farmer shot one of our dogs for going onto his land and "worrying" his sheep. My dad went to the local garda station and we found out that farmers are within their rights to do this. Don't know if this is still the case.
(Just to clarify, the dog wasn't running on his land on a continual basis. We had just moved into the area - from Dublin to Kerry - and had not managed to secure the fences etc yet, the first time the dog did it he was shot. From what I remember of the incident the farmer was plagued by local dogs roaming on his land. We had plenty of dogs after that none of whom ever left our property unless they were on a leash.)
SDLP Councillor Gerard Diver said: "If people are going to put dogs like this out it does a great disservice to people who keep dogs responsibly." - This would suggest to me that these dogs were out roaming the streets.
On the other hand I don't agree with the "dangerous breeds" list.
Our street has a green area across the road from the front of our house. I often see people with dogs on leads taking them along the green belt, this is for one reason only. this area has a lot of young children around and dog excrement can cause serous diseases. The new law has not change anything
Our street has a green area across the road from the front of our house. I often see people with dogs on leads taking them along the green belt, this is for one reason only. this area has a lot of young children around and dog excrement can cause serous diseases. The new has not change anything