dangerous dogs Archives - Bonnar Accident Law Personal Injury Lawyers in Scotland Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:32:26 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 What if it were your child left scarred for life by a vicious dog attack? https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/what-if-it-were-your-child-left-scarred-for-life-by-a-vicious-dog-attack/ Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:04:06 +0000 http://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/?p=176679167 Lanarkshire children continue to be traumatised by vicious dog attacks and we wonder what will it take for a crackdown on “pets” that maim.  What do 8 year-old Lanarkshire boys Aiden Gallagher and Adam Taylor have in common with 6 year-old Lanarkshire girl Sinead Fleming? All three were viciously attacked by dogs in Lanarkshire within […]

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]]> Family’s Staffordshire bull terrier mauls toddler in Glasgow flat. https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/familys-staffordshire-bull-terrier-mauls-todd/ https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/familys-staffordshire-bull-terrier-mauls-todd/#respond Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:22:20 +0000 http://news.bonnarandco.com/familys-staffordshire-bull-terrier-mauls-todd Staffordshire bull terrier In post Control of Dogs (Scotland Act) 2010 - yet another attack by a fearsome dog on a defenceless child makes the headlines... Why do some people insist on keep these types of animals and why can't they control them? T...

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]]> https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/familys-staffordshire-bull-terrier-mauls-todd/feed/ 0 Great-grandmother tragically mauled to death by family dogs https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/great-grandmother-tragically-mauled-to-death/ https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/great-grandmother-tragically-mauled-to-death/#respond Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:41:44 +0000 http://news.bonnarandco.com/great-grandmother-tragically-mauled-to-death Facebook image Fresh calls were made for a change in the law in England and Wales today after a great-grandmother was apparently mauled to death by her daughter's dogs in her back garden. The five animals pounced on Gloria Knowles, 71, after she w...

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]]> https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/great-grandmother-tragically-mauled-to-death/feed/ 0 Dog Ownership Laws in Scotland: What You Should Know https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/the-control-of-dogs-scotland-act-scottish-edi/ https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/the-control-of-dogs-scotland-act-scottish-edi/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:46:20 +0000 http://news.bonnarandco.com/the-control-of-dogs-scotland-act-scottish-edi Despite a deliberately populist headline, the official Scottish Parliament press release on The Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act (see full transcript below) has attracted absolutely no media coverage in Scotland as far as we can tell... We think thi...

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]]> https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/the-control-of-dogs-scotland-act-scottish-edi/feed/ 2 Dog Attack at School: What Parents Need to Know https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/dog-attacks-seven-year-old-boy-at-school-gate/ https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/dog-attacks-seven-year-old-boy-at-school-gate/#respond Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:57:00 +0000 http://news.bonnarandco.com/dog-attacks-seven-year-old-boy-at-school-gate A boy of seven suffered horrific head and eye injuries in a savage dog attack outside his school yesterday. Jude Keir was set upon by a Staffordshire bull terrier just seconds after he left the playground with pals. He went to pet the animal, whic...

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]]> https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/dog-attacks-seven-year-old-boy-at-school-gate/feed/ 0 Court Orders Destruction of Akita After Attack https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/court-orders-akita-to-be-destroyed-following/ https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/court-orders-akita-to-be-destroyed-following/#respond Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:00:00 +0000 http://news.bonnarandco.com/court-orders-akita-to-be-destroyed-following A vicious Akita dog which broke a teenager's arm in two places is to be destroyed and owner Natalie Burns, 23, was fined 1,000 yesterday after being found guilty of failing to control him.An earlier trial heard the 15-year-old boy reached out to ...

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]]> https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/court-orders-akita-to-be-destroyed-following/feed/ 0 What Dangerous Dog Owners Have in Common https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/dangerous-dog-owners-have-something-else-in-c/ https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/dangerous-dog-owners-have-something-else-in-c/#respond Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:00:00 +0000 http://news.bonnarandco.com/dangerous-dog-owners-have-something-else-in-c The owner of a dog which ripped a young girl's face apart already had a criminal conviction for failing to control the animal.Gaynor McCabe's Japanese Akita savaged 10-year-old Toni Clannachan last week. The youngster needed 100 stitches and pictu...

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]]> https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/dangerous-dog-owners-have-something-else-in-c/feed/ 0 Third dog attack in Scotland in a week https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/third-dog-attack-in-scotland-in-a-week/ https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/third-dog-attack-in-scotland-in-a-week/#respond Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:00:00 +0000 http://news.bonnarandco.com/third-dog-attack-in-scotland-in-a-week Sadly, today's headlines tell us that two-year-old Jemma Horn bears the scars of Scotland's third horror attack by a dog on a little girl in a week.She came within an inch of losing her left eye and had her nose torn when she was attacked by a Sta...

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]]> https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/third-dog-attack-in-scotland-in-a-week/feed/ 0 10-Year-Old Injured by Dangerous Dog Attack https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/killing-machine-fighting-dog-savages-10-year/ https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/killing-machine-fighting-dog-savages-10-year/#respond Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:00:00 +0000 http://news.bonnarandco.com/killing-machine-fighting-dog-savages-10-year In what is rapidly becoming an almost daily occurrence in Scotland, a horrified dad told yesterday how a "killing machine" dog ripped his schoolgirl daughter's face apart.Ten-year-old Toni Clannachan needed more than 100 stitches and was scarred f...

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]]> https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/killing-machine-fighting-dog-savages-10-year/feed/ 0 Rottweiler Attack Raises Concerns for Owners’ Duty https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/rottweiler-attack-on-rhianna-comes-after-owne/ https://www.bonnaraccidentlaw.com/news/rottweiler-attack-on-rhianna-comes-after-owne/#respond Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:00:00 +0000 http://news.bonnarandco.com/rottweiler-attack-on-rhianna-comes-after-owne It has been reported today that 10-year-old Rhianna Kidd who was savagely mauled by two rottweillers in Dundee on Sunday was THE SECOND VICTIM of these particular dogs - named Big Boy and Pretty Girl - within the past 12 months.37-year-old George ...

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