Thursday 2 March 2017

We Can But Hope...

West Yorkshire Police is today (20 February) hosting a conference focusing on Dangerous Dogs.
The event is being held at West Yorkshire Police's Carr Gate Complex at Wakefield to raise awareness about dog attacks and the impact upon victims as well as identifying opportunities for promoting responsible dog ownership and improved partnership working. 
Sounds important.
There are a number of key speakers throughout the day including Merseyside and Cheshire Constabularies, Royal Mail, the National Health Service and Guide Dogs and Sergeant Stewart Dunderdale, the West Yorkshire Police force lead on dangerous dogs.
Members of the audience include local authorities and groups from the charitable sector including the RSPCA and Dogs Trust.
Gosh, I wonder why they felt they needed this sort of....

Oh. Right.
Locals had expressed concern over the dog and yesterday West Yorkshire police confirmed they had seized the animal, a bitch called Alex, on June 22nd as a suspected banned pit bull terrier.
But a spokesman said: “It did not have enough pit bull characteristics to be held as a banned breed. It was returned.”
*sighs*

5 comments:

DJ said...

Well, I'm very sure Sgt Stewie's mum is proud that her son is West Yorkshire Police's Dog Lead, but it does kind of hint at what the real problem may be in modern policing: it's all leads, and no dogs.

James Higham said...

A Bitch Called Alex - could almost be a blockbuster film.

The Jannie said...

The DD Act is a typical guvmint kneejerk reaction and not worth a damn. There must be some dangerous dogs but they don't conform to breed stereotypes just for said guvmint's convenience. There are, however, many more dangerous owners who desperately need to be culled by a justice system which has the spine to do the job properly.

Furor Teutonicus said...

Funny how a breed of dog can be dangerous, but we are meant to think a breed of humans (Mentioniong no camel shagging names) are not.

JuliaM said...

"...but it does kind of hint at what the real problem may be in modern policing: it's all leads, and no dogs."

LOL!

"A Bitch Called Alex - could almost be a blockbuster film."

It is an odd name for this type of weapon dog. Maybe he couldn't spell 'Tyson'?

"The DD Act is a typical guvmint kneejerk reaction and not worth a damn."

The revised version does indeed remove the 'breed specific' part of the former act, meaning ANY breed can be considered dangerous. But it's unclear if this was in operation when the police handed this moron his four-legged weapon back.

"Funny how a breed of dog can be dangerous, but we are meant to think a breed of humans (Mentioniong no camel shagging names) are not."

Good point! Maybe pitbulls just need to be renamed 'animals of peace' to remove the threat?