With dangerous dogs and the question of ‘what to do with them?’ in the news at the start of 2007, K9 Magazine would like to pay great thanks to BBC News, Sky News and in particular GMTV for giving the subject the reverance it deserves without feeling the need to jump on the ‘devil dogs’ bandwagon or in fact to paint a misleading picture to the public of just how at risk the general public is to being attacked or killed by a dog. Our sincere grattitude is extended to any media organisation who have been prepared to look at the facts rather than contribute to the hype surrounding this very emotive issue.

Sadly, some newspaper coverage of the New Year’s Day tragedy which saw a young girl mauled to death by a Pitbull type dog may lead certain people to believe that Britain is overrun by man eating dogs. It won’t come as a shock then when perfectly responsible, innocent owners of particular breeds begin to suffer abuse in the streets or ‘revenge’ attacks are even carried out against their pets.

There is a way to improve things but simply drawing a line through a particular group of dog breeds is not it.