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Putting biting dogs to sleep may not be the right answer, society argues

Vets currently have the legal right to take the lives of "unruly" dogs with little-to-no understanding of their behaviour. Yet, the Judiciary won't give conscious terrorists and serial killers the death penalty.

Image of a Beagle puppy.
Copyright: Dwayne Hards.

Dogs can often be retrained after attacking people if they're given the right help and support but should not have their lives taken for behaviour they believed to be normal amid their previous "training".

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