Gun Dogs

A pressure group has recently called for gun dogs to be licensed. "We realise that these are working animals which play an essential role in rural economies," said a spokesman. "But frankly we consider it reckless to give firearms to animals. Oh yes, I'm sure many people think it's great fun to train an Airedale to use a rifle, and of course we are alive to the comic possibilities of a Jack Russell with a blunderbuss, but when your neighbourhood is being terrorised by a pack of tooled-up Labradors you struggle to see the funny side."