Dog disease that can jump to humans is spreading in Britain
Dog disease that can jump to humans is spreading in Britain
Chief Veterinary Officer says British dogs catching Brucella canis in the UK had mated with or had contact with an imported dog
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So will this be their next excuse to just kill all the dogs in the country? Rather than piecemeal banning one breed at a time?
Quite a bizarre conspiracy theory to have considering they aren't even recommending killing the dogs, they say antibiotics solve the issue.
They're advocating having more thorough checks at the border, and improving testing as it currently results in 50% of cases being false positives.
This disease is already widespread in some other parts of the world, there haven't been widespread dog massacres there.
And for that breed that is to be banned, tbh, that seems wise. The UK had an average of 3 lethal dog attacks per year in 2001-2021.
That breed is a new import. In 2022 we had 10 lethal dog attacks, 9 of which were Bully XLs. In 2023, 100% of deaths so far (6 IIRC) have been from Bully XLs. Almost as if large, strong dogs specifically bred for aggressive tendencies and have the ability to overpower an adult male, with jaws that can break bones, will be aggressive and dangerous. Crazy I know.
Any dog can be trained to aggression, and several breeds can overpower an adult human male (since that seems to be your standard). Or don’t you have police dogs?
Observation isn’t conspiracy, my friend. But it’s your country. Do with it what you will.
Ahhhh ok. I'll just train a chihuahua to kill then. Easy peasy.
Bit of a ludicrous comparison to bring up police dogs. Police dogs are trained and not owned by random people.
It's very much a conspiracy lmao, you're saying that this existing disease is related to the banning of a dangerous dog breed and that it's part of a slippery slope to the government banning dogs, in the country with probably the highest dog ownership rate in the world.
And btw, we aren't talking about training a dog to be aggressive - we're talking about selectively breeding dogs to be aggressive. There's a difference.
With respect, your excellency of avarice, training a chihuahua to kill is a bit like putting a stick of dynamite on a tactical nuclear warhead.
(I'm only joking, I've met tons of chihuahuas who were wonderful.)
I'll bite - what's the
conspiracy"observation" at play here? Importantly, who is behind this and why?Don't tell me it's big pussy.
Why is this down voted?
It's literally happened before. Recently australia killed all animals at shelters due to covid. China killed all pets in cities during covid. There are other examples before covid.
Because it's stupid. The infection isn't dangerous to humans, it's anywhere from symptomless to cold-like symptoms. It's not super contagious to humans, and even if it were it's not dangerous.
And the disease exists elsewhere in the world without causing big issues. It's not a new disease, just new to the UK.
It’s an unpleasantly plausible scenario. And I’ve apparently stepped on a lot of British toes.
It's an extremely unplausible scenario as it's nothing like Covid and more like a flu except it basically can't spread between humans.
And now you're trying to play off criticism of your take as some kind of nationalist defensiveness lol
Nah, it's because the comment went from 1 to 100 really fast.
This disease isn't known to be airborne.
This disease isn't known to be untreatable. (Antibiotics FTW.)
This disease isn't known to cause death.
This disease hasn't lead to countless animals suffering in facilities underequipped to handle them. (Many people bought puppies to "help with loneliness" during covid, only to abandon them later, after they were all grown up.)
This disease hasn't shut down multiple cities or countries.
This disease doesn't threaten the food chain.
This disease hasn't lead governments to mandate the general public to wear PPE.
This disease hasn't helped overwhelm hospitals.
Could you please explain why you think this will be the same as what happened in those places during covid? The scenarios are very different in multiple ways.
Who said anything about COVID?
Literally the comment you replied to and agreed with lmao