Once one dog attacks, the others are likely to join in, and self-defense becomes almost impossible, he added.
There was a total 5, 868 dog attacks across the UK for the same period resulting in 5, 770 days lost in sick leave.
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In 2004-2005, there was a total of 4, 540 dog attacks in the UK with 199 of those taking place in south Wales.
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Luciana Berger, Labour MP for Liverpool and Wavertree, said 11 people had died from dog attacks since 2006, and about 5, 000 people were hospitalised each year.
Laws governing dog attacks will also be extended to cover private property, closing a loophole which has meant that dog owners whose animals have attacked people on private property are immune from prosecution.
If a dog attacks a guide dog it will be an aggravated offence, and when courts are deciding if a dog needs to be destroyed the character of the owner will be taken in to account.
The Communication Workers Union, which has campaigned to raise awareness of dog attacks on postal workers and telecom engineers, welcomed the report as a "strong and clear in its assessment of the failure of current laws".
We worry about shark attacks instead of fatal dog or pig attacks -- both far more common.
The Northern Ireland Executive has also made it a criminal offence to own a dog that attacks and injures somebody else's pet.
In Scotland, the devolved administration has already tightened dog-control legislation, enabling enforcement officers to impose sanctions on the owners of out-of-control dogs and extending the criminal law on dog control to cover attacks taking place on private property.
Unions representing postal, utility and delivery staff have long argued for laws to be extended to cover attacks in dog owners' homes, saying this is a "major loophole" in the law and their workers - as well as others - need more protection.
He said he could not be satisfied Lennox did not pose a threat based on attacks on a dog warden and former police dog handler who examined it.
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Irresponsible dog owners can also be held to account for attacks, regardless of where they take place.
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Angela McGlynn, whose four-year-old son Jean Paul Massey was mauled to death by his uncle's dog in Liverpool in 2009, has campaigned for new laws to try to prevent more attacks.
The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 means it is an offence to be the owner of a dog that is dangerously out of control in a public place but it does not apply to attacks that take place on private land.
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