/b/veterinary-news/posts/14262 The Government has been forced to scrap plans for compulsory dog insurance less than a two weeks since they were revealed in leaked Defra documents . Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has now ruled out the idea. Apparently, the climbdown followeden-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/b/veterinary-news/posts/14262Sat, 03 Apr 2010 11:14:39 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:26c835e6-ec9c-4cd2-8180-f74b2b343e27Bob Russell0<p>It was not long ago that third party insurance cover was included as standard within household insurance policies - the cheapest way to get this type of cover would be to try to reintroduce this cover. For the average dog owner the cost would be minimal (as is the risk level). This will of course not help with the rogue pet owners but nothing will change them!</p> <img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/aggbug?PostID=14262&AppID=5&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">