"I doubt people have differing views about whether a child at a festival should be bitten by a dog. People have differing views about what should be done about it. "

oh come on Dave if you're going to be nitpicking about meaning at least get it right - the object of my sentence was Sandra's question (i.e. should we ban dogs?) therefore I was correct to be saying "people have differing views about it". By quoting only half my sentence you twisted the meaning...

"And leaving if it disturbed people? By barking for example. "

fwiw in my opinion any special restrictions etc on what people could do with their dogs at festivals should be safety based and nothing else. Fair enough to restrict so that people who want to avoid physical contact with a dog or its leavings can do so. In addition, there could/should be (and probably are) general restrictions on not annoying other festival goers, but I don't see why barking dogs should be singled out over and above screaming babies/early morning whistlers/late night drunks/the lady sitting next to you in the concert who keeps going to the loo. A little tolerance goes a long way.