Of course. The real-world numbers do not match your worldview so there must be a large dark figure of unreported cases. This is a case of your fears twisting your perception.
Take your dog example. I don't know where you live, I live in Germany. With about 10 million dogs [1] there are about 5 fatal incidents per year [2]. If the dog is not killed in the ensuing police action [3] it is often "amtlich getötet" (officially killed). The dog owner is usually criminally charged with involuntary manslaughter, because dogs going haywire is in virtually all cases a failure of the owner. There are no reported cases of bringing a dog back into circulation after a fatal incident. These are the numbers in Germany.
I was in Munich a few years ago. Dog owner mugged me, scratched me, and stole my lunch. They broke several rules and attacked innocent person! Then they fled the scene! No proof of vaccination! I had to spend several hours on ER and pay tests out of my pocket.
Police refused to take a crime report! I got attacker on camera!
In US few million people go to ER with dog related injuries every year!
I'm sorry to hear that. It is not clear to me if the dog attacked you or the dog owner, which in out discussion would make a difference.
Anyhow, the real upset here is the police refusing to take a report. Obviously, this is not unheard of, but it is still forbidden* All reports must be filed. The reporter may need to come to the precinct, but the reporter may not be refused. In Germany the prosecution determines if a report is investigated, not the police. The police officer was therefore in negligence of his duty. You can, without respite or form, file a disciplinary complaint, in your case direct it to the office of the police president of Munich.
* That's actually not quite correct. If the report is obviously non-sensical, erroneous, or false the police officer may refuse to file it. You can escalate and you can still file a disciplinary complaint.
> In US few million people go to ER with dog related injuries every year!
I guess, in Germany it's less. I've only found numbers for Berlin (3.5 million citizens, 130000 dogs) where about 500 dog related injuries are treated each year. But that's something different than a dog attack. I've been injured by dogs, and the dogs were certainly not attacking me. Believe me, if a dog wants to attack you, you get ample warning and you'll notice.
There is a special case in the UK of people deliberately breeding aggressive dogs and then claiming that they aren't, the "Bully XL" problem.
Interesting that Germany charges the owner. It's not clear whether that happens here - if it was the case, I would have thought more noise would have been made about it while legislating to ban that breed.
Yes, that's the way around here. By German law, animals are things with special protections against cruelty. Much like, e.g. a car, the animal therefore can't be the guilty party. It is the responsibility of the "driver" to control the thing so that it does not cause harm.
You loose control over your car and somebody dies? The controller is charged with involuntary manslaughter. You loose control over your dog (e.g. dog runs across street, lorry has to evade, lorry kills pedestrian) and somebody dies? The controller is charged with involuntary manslaughter.
I would actually be surprised if the UK treats this differently.
Of course. The real-world numbers do not match your worldview so there must be a large dark figure of unreported cases. This is a case of your fears twisting your perception.
Take your dog example. I don't know where you live, I live in Germany. With about 10 million dogs [1] there are about 5 fatal incidents per year [2]. If the dog is not killed in the ensuing police action [3] it is often "amtlich getötet" (officially killed). The dog owner is usually criminally charged with involuntary manslaughter, because dogs going haywire is in virtually all cases a failure of the owner. There are no reported cases of bringing a dog back into circulation after a fatal incident. These are the numbers in Germany.
[1] Despite the URL the data is from 1998 to 2022. https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/157642/umfrag... [2] https://www.zzf.de/marktdaten/heimtiere-in-deutschland [3] https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/oldenburg_ostfr...