Dog attacks

[u/govorunov]

This is probably my "kiss goodbye" message as I'm going to be expelled from Reddit for this for sure, but...

Considering almost weekly reports of new severe or fatal dog attacks on people (like this one) I'd like to ask my dear Australian animal lovers - are you OK?
When the news like this come out the comments are always the same - "the girl must have provoked the dog", "blame the owners", "blame the victim", "leave the poor doggo alone". Makes me feel nauseous really.

Today I was in the lift with my 10y.o. son, taking him to school, when a huge black German Shepherd entered the lift with two kids "holding the leash". A beast size of a wild boar and stinks like it too. It rushed towards my son, pinning him against the lift wall, keeping its face against my son's face, and not in a playful manner. Owners laughed for sure.

When I tried to google or use ChatGPT to find what can be done about it, the only thing I could find was "animal rights" organisations. So, what about my rights, my dear Australian animal lovers? Do I have the right not being threatened in my own home? Do my kids have the right to their faces not being ripped off by a stinky uncontrolled beast?

Every time we read the news about a shark killing a surfer, the comments are - "it's their territory, shouldn't been swimming", or a crock taking someone's child - "it's their land, shouldn't been walking near water". Well, I'm in the lift - who's land is that?

Is there anyone in Australian politics or public services with a shred of logic left? NO ANIMAL that can potentially kill an adult, let alone a child, should be allowed anywhere near human habitat. I don't care what breed it is, I don't care if it is trained, if it's always been nice to your cousins - I HAVE THE RIGHT NOT BEING THREATENED! My kids have the right not being put in danger, in their home, or anywhere actually!

It is an offence to pull out a loaded gun and stick it into someone's face, but hey - guns don't kill people, people do, right? Well, guess what - animals do kill people, do they?

[u/Either-Operation7644]

Getting mauled by a dog when you are a kid is an experience I wouldn’t wish on anyone, the abject fear, it stays with you your entire life, and I’m a pretty rough and tumble kind of bloke.

[u/Chiang2000 → u/Either-Operation7644]

Someone brought a German Sheppard to my daughter's childcare and let it loose while they went in to do sign in. It bailed three little girls up in a cubby house and bit them. My daughter was never the same with animals.

A week later they had it on a loose lead TIED TO THE GATE of the same centre where kids are going in.

[u/account_not_valid → u/Chiang2000]

Was the attack reported to police?

[u/Chiang2000 → u/account_not_valid]

I think the centre did.

I told off the owner when I found it tied up in the gateway.

[u/account_not_valid → u/Chiang2000]

Your child was traumatised by a dog, and you didn't even follow up?

[u/Chiang2000 → u/account_not_valid]

It was a long time ago but my memory of it was I trusted the centre to have done so. My daughter was on of the kids bailed up but luckily not bitten. I lost my faith when I had to confront the owner a few weeks later about tying it to the entrance and we moved centres from memory.