TL:DR

Law totally not in response to Council Woman Karen's shithead poodle who she lets run around the streets without a lead trying to attack a group of 7 dogs being walked together and having its dumb fluffy fucking arse handed to it.

Trust us we asked Karen's friends and they all agreed more than 6 dogs being walked together is the problem.

He argued dog owners with fewer dogs were often less able to control them.

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"Two Labradors came over that were totally out of control, whereas we noticed in the corner of the field there was a man on his own with about 25 beagles. Those beagles did not move."

What an odd ban. Do they have any evidence that commercial dog walkers (as those with lots of dogs are likely to be) are responsible for the increase?

For everyone saying this seems random/odd/pointless/in response to some Karen etc:

February 2023: Dog walker mauled to death by dogs at Surrey beauty spot

The dog walker, from Croydon, died after suffering massive blood loss caused by multiple bites to the neck in Gravelly Hill, Caterham, on January 12, while she was out with eight dogs.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/first-pictures-of-natasha-johnston-dog-walker-mauled-to-death-by-dogs-at-surrey

Which I suspect may have some bearing on this announcement.

oi oi oi got yo dog walkin loicense bruv????

Yet still nothing about Bully XL…

Did anyone actually read the article:

"The ban - which covers all spaces in North Somerset open to the public".

I live in South Somerset (Yeovil) but since the county went even more bizarre and decided to amalgamate into some mad centralised Somerset County thingie instead of the old Somerset regions. who knows what this ruling even means?

@mex@feddit.co.uk - fix the title to note coverage only applies to North Somerset (whatever that is). It's shitty to imply something that doesn't apply to the vast majority of a county, let alone the country.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Council leader Mike Bell said a public consultation showed "strong support" for the plan.

The move comes after dog attacks in North Somerset reportedly rose from 385 in 2020 to 480 in 2023.

"There will be exceptional circumstances and we will need to keep that under review in terms of the operational realities," Mr Bell said.

But Portishead South councillor Peter Burden said the rule was "a step too far," adding the council already had powers to make people put a dog on a lead.

"Two Labradors came over that were totally out of control, whereas we noticed in the corner of the field there was a man on his own with about 25 beagles.

The council said more rules for dog owners could soon be implemented to cover specific places in North Somerset.

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This just seems random