A Member of Parliament has called for the return of dog licences in the wake of a 10-year-old boy's death. Labour MP Wayne David told the Commons people who wanted to keep dogs should also face 'effective assessment'.
His calls to rethink the law on dangerous dogs after Jack Lis, a 10-year-old from his Caerphilly constituency was mauled to death by an American Bully or XL Bully dog called Beast while playing at a friend’s house in Pentwyn, Penyrheol, Caerphilly, South Wales, on November 8 last year. Amy Salter, 29, and Brandon Hayden, 19, were last month jailed following the youngster’s death.
While Mr David said their sentences had been “far too lenient”, he called on the Government to fundamentally rethink the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. He said: “Incredible though it may seem to many, the dog which attacked Jack Lis, an American XL Bully, is not listed as a dangerous dog.
