/b/veterinary-news/posts/59293 The RCVS and BVA have expressed their concern about a BBC Newsline report last week of suspected badger baiting in Northern Ireland, which also alleged that veterinary surgeons might be complicit in this illegal activity by not reporting cases of suspiciouslyen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/b/veterinary-news/posts/59293Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:20:33 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:ce92e319-8b7b-45de-a51c-30791a0a30aejohn O DWYER0<p>will mandatory reporting not have the effect of frightening away people whose dog has been in a bad fight or who has inadvertantly gotten ino a fight with a wild badger and maybe leading to much more suffering. also a lot of the people at badgerbaiting/dogfighting are very dangerous people and alreafdy under investigation for murder gbh and such. </p> <img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/aggbug?PostID=59293&AppID=5&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://www.vetsurgeon.org/b/veterinary-news/posts/59293Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:12:51 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:ce92e319-8b7b-45de-a51c-30791a0a30aejohn O DWYER0<p>if you report people on suspicion of badgerbaiting/dog fighting will not word go round and innocent people whose dogs haave severe bites will be afraid to come to the vet for fear of being reported leaving their animal in pain and suffering. also a lot of the people involved in dog fighting/badgerbaiting have serious criminal tendencies &nbsp;and you would be reporting people for badgerbaiting that the police literally cant catch for murder.</p> <img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/aggbug?PostID=59293&AppID=5&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">