How Phones Are Making Parents the Anxious Generation

Re:How Phones Are Making Parents the Anxious Generation by pjc50 on Friday July 26, 2024 @05:47AM (#41077231)

There is a special case in the UK of people deliberately breeding aggressive dogs and then claiming that they aren't, the "Bully XL" problem.

Interesting that Germany charges the owner. It's not clear whether that happens here - if it was the case, I would have thought more noise would have been made about it while legislating to ban that breed.

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Re:How Phones Are Making Parents the Anxious Generation by Propelloni on Saturday July 27, 2024 @06:36AM (#41085644)

Yes, that's the way around here. By German law, animals are things with special protections against cruelty. Much like, e.g. a car, the animal therefore can't be the guilty party. It is the responsibility of the "driver" to control the thing so that it does not cause harm.

You loose control over your car and somebody dies? The controller is charged with involuntary manslaughter. You loose control over your dog (e.g. dog runs across street, lorry has to evade, lorry kills pedestrian) and somebody dies? The controller is charged with involuntary manslaughter.

I would actually be surprised if the UK treats this differently.

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