Kate Hawkesby: The rise in uncontrolled dogs is a problem

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Sep 6, 2023 · 2m

In my ongoing obsession with all things canine, I was interested to see that Wellington has a problem at the moment with uncontrolled dogs.

It was reported in a Wellington City Council dog control report, that “the number of uncontrolled dogs has increased by 26 percent in the last year. Sixty-five attacks on people, 78 on animals, and 697 uncontrolled dogs were reported.” Not only that, but disturbingly ‘the report suggested the high number of attacks and aggressive dog behaviour appeared to be a nationwide issue.’

And I’m not surprised. The number of people who let their dogs off leash in…