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After a recent brutal attack on a postman by two deadly Japanese Akita dogs, the Communication Workers Union of Scotland has appealed to the government to speed up plans of introducing dangerous dog laws.

Thomas McGrath, a postman working with Royal Mail service, was walking through the garden of a house towards the front door in the Baillieston district of the city when two Akita dogs suddenly appeared from the back of the house and violently attacked him, injuring his face, back, arms, and also his wrist and hand, which required immediate operation.

Mr McGrath is presently being treated at Glasgow’s Royal Infirmary. The dogs were killed after this attack, and Strathclyde Police is investigating the incident.

Following this incident, the workers union has asked for an alteration in the existing laws. Under the current legislation, owners of dogs savagely attacking strangers are not held responsible if such attacks occur on private property.

The national health and safety officer of CWU Dave Joyce supported the union’s appeal for modification of existing laws. According to him, every year nearly 6,000 postal workers suffer dog attacks. However, the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act fails to address attacks that occur on private property, and therefore callous dog owners easily escape the law. The union called for an amendment in the existing Dangerous Dogs Act of 1991.

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