Since the start of the pandemic dog ownership has skyrocketed. Though there are huge positives to bringing a dog into your family it carries with it a set of obligations and responsibilities. These have to be followed not just because of an obligation to your pet but to also stay on the right side of the law.
BirminghamLive have gone through some of laws on keeping animals under control as well as other rules on barking, identification, fouling, breeding, travelling in vehicles, and when you must put a dog lead or leash on your pet. Across the whole of the UK there were nearly 22,000 cases of out-of-control dogs causing injury just last year.
This is massively up from four years before when the figure was closer to 16,000. When a case goes to court prosecutions can result in a range of punishments. Owners have seen themselves receiving prison sentences, suspended jail sentences, community sentences, fines, and compensation orders.
