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Five dogs are suspected to have killed a man and injured another on a large NSW rural property

What is the responsibility of the pet owner?
What has the council done about unregistered roaming and barking pets?
Could it be that a pedestrian/ bushwalker was unintentionally entering "the 117-hectare rural property" ?

"Five dogs suspected of fatally attacking a man at a property in Sydney's south-west will be euthanased. NSW Police said the man suffered injuries consistent with being attacked by animals...Police were investigating if the man was an intruder." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-08/dogs-supected-of-fatal-attack-in-sydney-to-be-euthanased/107012384

#ABCNews - How is 'the panoramic view' of the real estate relevant to a human being being ripped apart by five canines?

Mauled to death by unregistered and unchipped roaming pets ? >>
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/117052353375834445
#AnimalAttack #crime #dogs #pets #roaming #PetOwners #liabilities #councils #mauling #violence #RuralNSW #PacksOfCanines #walking #NSW #wildlife

Mauled to death?

"A young man has died after a suspected dog attack at a rural property, as police begin an investigation. Authorities were alerted to the discovery of the 23-year-old’s body at a rural property...None of those animals were registered or microchipped, it was reported." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/07/man-dead-suspected-dog-attack-eschol-park-sydney-suburb-ntwnfb
#dogs #pets #roaming #PetOwners #liabilities #councils #mauling #violence #RuralNSW #walking #NSW

#National #Teamsters #Leadership Won’t #Endorse a #Candidate, So #Local #Unions are backing #VicePresident #KamalaHarris.

Several joint #councils in #battlegroundstates have #pledged their #support for Harris.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/teamsters-wont-endorse-candidate-councils-back-kamala-harris-1235106293/

#LowTrafficNeighbourhoods

#UK government seeks to limit low-#traffic schemes as part of its ‘plan for #drivers’

Exclusive: #DepartmentForTransport has already cut #funding but now seeks to block #councils’ ability to fine drivers
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/15/uk-government-seeks-to-limit-low-traffic-schemes-as-part-of-its-plan-for-drivers
#LTN #AirPollution #ToryPoliciesInAction #Pollution #DirtyParty #IdeologyBeforeHealth #PublicHealth
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/08/health-gains-of-low-traffic-schemes-up-to-100-times-greater-than-costs-study-finds

How the Tories drove Britain’s local services into bankruptcy.

Councils provide social care, schools and housing. And half of them are about to run out of money

Read the full piece here:

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/council-cuts-austerity-tories-bankrupt-youth-services-sure-start-school-nurses/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=toriesbankrucy

#UKPolitics #UKPol #tories #Conservatives #LocalCouncils #Councils #LocalServices #socialcare #schools #housing

Government claims that it blocked #councils from installing #LowTrafficNeighbourhoods (#LTNs) appear to have been a fiction, the Guardian has learned, in another apparent sign that #RishiSunak’s “#PlanForDrivers” is thus far mainly performative
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/04/claims-government-blocked-low-traffic-schemes-were-a-fiction-papers-suggest
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryLies

'One in 10 biggest #English #councils risk #bankruptcy over #ChildProtection bill

Many #CountyCouncils and #UnitaryAuthorities are “running out of road” to avoid #insolvency as they grapple with high #inflation, increases in children being taken into care, and massive bills for [Privatised, highly profitable] #ChildrensHomes the #CountyCouncilsNetwork (#CCN) said.'
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/01/england-councils-risk-bankruptcy-survey-child-protection-spending
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices #PrivateProfitPublicCost
#MoneyBeforePeople