UK dog bite claims on the rise
Personal Injury 05 Jan 2012
Compensation claims made as a result of injuries sustained from dog bites are on the rise in the UK.
Some 6,097 people were injured badly enough to require hospital treatment after been bitten by a dog last year alone - a figure which has almost doubled in the last decade - the Daily Mail reported.
The number of people going to the hospital for dog-related injuries has increased by a total of 94 per cent since 2001.
Moreover, more and more people are being convicted of crimes under dangerous dog legislation, with 1,192 people convicted of crimes under the 1991 Dangerous Dog Act in 2010.
Following the recent spate of dog attacks, safety bodies have called on the government to institute harsher penalties to deter owners from having dangerous dogs.
In the UK it is an offence to allow a dog to be dangerously out of control in a public place or in a private place where it is not allowed to be.
It is also an offence to own a Pit Bull Terrior, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino and Fila Braziliero.
Published by Jessica Shervin
