The Royal Mail are refusing to deliver mail to a street in Lancashire, England. At least one surrounding street has also been affected by the Royal Mail action which has been ongoing for nine months. The backdrop to this action is claims by the postal company that two of their workers have been attacked by a resident's American Bulldog.
Although the consequences of the Royal Mail action include residents having to take a four mile round trip to collect mail and a delay of important correspondance, the Royal Mail policy is spot on. If the safety of postal workers cannot be guaranteed, then no postal service on the planet is sustainable.
In a Court appearance in October, the Dog's owner pleaded guilty to being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control. The punishment was merely a six month community order, and a court order which ordered that the dog should be muzzled in public.
It is not just postal workers who have suffered at the hands of irresponsible dog ownership and out of control dogs. Other human beings (including young children) have lost lives of course.
My own belief has been that it would be desirable to introduce a dog licensing system, along similar lines to the different levels of driving licence which exist, dependent on the vehicle being driven. An extreme disruption of postal services is bad economically. THEREFORE A DOG ATTACK ON A POSTAL WORKER MUST SURELY BE A SIGNIFICANT ARGUMENT IN FAVOUR OF THE REMOVAL OF A DOG OWNERSHIP LICENCE!
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