Monday briefing: What’s behind the UK’s sudden dislike of dogs?

Dog-owners country-wide claim they're under attack from a rising number of council-backed restrictions on canines in public places. And some are starting to bite back

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Good morning. You may not have noticed, but there could be a battle going on over control of your local park.

No, it's not one of the reenactments of the Battle of Hastings (that was last weekend, though). It's a fight between the UK's estimated 12 million dog owners - a number that swelled by about 1 million since the onset of the pandemic - and non-dog owners who have had enough of negotiating packs of unruly dogs being walked by professional walkers, stepping in the unmentionable and fearing a growing number of attacks.

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