Dangerous dog apologists are barking up the wrong tree

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It seems that it is almost a weekly occurrence that an elderly person or a child is killed or injured by an out-of-control dangerous dog (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

How many more innocent people have to be killed by dangerous dogs before the law is tightened and also very importantly, implemented effectively?

It seems that it is almost a weekly occurrence that an elderly person or a child is killed or injured by an out-of-control dangerous dog. The definition of a dangerous breed needs to be widened, as it is clear that the current narrow list is inadequate.

David Felton

Wistaston

Go vegan today

It is inconceivable for us to claim we are unaware of the animal suffering and death found in horse racing, animal farming, fishing, laboratories, slaughterhouses, and so on.

As we all have access to information on the Internet, ignorance is no longer an excuse. Please stop exploiting animals and go vegan today.

Lisa Kemsley

Brighton

New toys for the ultra-rich

A major problem with the human race is that the clever people provide the greedy people and the power-seeking people with the means of causing catastrophe.

It happened with the industrial revolution, which initiated climate change. And it happened with nuclear weapons, an ever-present threat to us all.

Now it will probably happen with AI, which could well compound the danger posed by the other two.

We never learn.

Susan Alexander

South Gloucestershire

We deserve a competent government

In the past, senior politicians were generally fairly competent in governing. You might agree or disagree with the direction of policy, but they usually knew how things worked.

The Tory governments since the coalition have been notable for their ineptitude. Cameron’s ham-fisted negotiations ahead of the referendum, and the referendum itself; May’s inability to handle parliament; all of Johnson, then Truss. Sunak, at last, seems in control for now.

How has the Conservative Party let this happen?

Mark Ogilvie

Horncastle