Ministers have rejected a proposed scheme to require dog owners to obtain a licence, turning down a recommendation from a taskforce examining ways to improve dog control and reduce attacks.
The taskforce argued that new legal requirements could support more responsible dog ownership and contribute to efforts to prevent attacks. The supplied material does not set out the proposed licensing system’s specific conditions or explain the reasons for the ministerial decision.
The rejection means the recommended dog ownership licence scheme will not be taken forward in its proposed form. The taskforce’s wider conclusions about dog control and reducing attacks remain the context for the proposal, but no further measures are identified in the available information.
