The Dangerous Dogs Bill is different (proposed) legislation from the Protection of Livestock Bill
Many thanks, have now found it on Parlàmaid Na h-Alba.
Reading it, this beefens up police powers & the penalties for owners of dogs worrying livestock.
It sidesteps, and doesn't cover the issue of lethal force, or clarify the circumstances in which this might be lawful.
Maybe that's intentional because of these revisions to the law?
A much broader definition of 'livestock' and agricultural land too.
42. Section 6 of the Bill amends the definitions set out in section 3(1) of the 1953 Act, adds further definitions, and gives the Scottish Ministers power to amend those definitions.
43. The definition of “livestock” is amended to include camelids (for example, alpacas and llamas), ostriches, farmed deer, enclosed game birds and buffalo, and gives further explanation of the meaning of “farmed deer” and “enclosed game birds”; the definition of “agricultural land” is also amended to include land used for the purpose of raising game birds to ensure that where enclosed game birds are attacked or worried by a dog, this counts as attacking or worrying them on agricultural land.
“Donkeys” replaces the term “asses”, within the definition of “horses”, in order to reflect modern terminology.
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