Mr Chaplin, 80, lost one of his two Labradors last year and to cheer him up his daughter Anita Ayres had bought him a new puppy named Troy for his birthday. The two dogs were "his whole world" after his wife died 10 years ago and walked them on the beach at Grays regularly.
Oh, god, you know what's coming, don't you?
George Chaplin was bitten on the arm as he tried to stop a stranger's dog from crushing his puppy's skull in its jaws at Grays Beach, Essex, at the weekend.
Unfortunately, he was unable to save the puppy, and it passed away by the time he was able to reach the vet.
Poor man...and of course, typical response from the irresponsible bitch on the other end of the killer's leash:
He was approached by a woman who had a white English Bull Terrier on a lead. The woman initially chatted to him, before he opened the door to the car. Out jumped Troy and, according to Anita, the terrier immediately seized the puppy with its head in its jaws. The owner was allegedly struggling to control the dog and so Mr Chaplin went to intervene, only to be bitten on the arm.
When the dog finally let Troy go the owner apologised before walking off, leaving Mr Chaplin to get the bleeding puppy to a vet. Sadly, by the time they reached one Troy was already dead and Mr Chaplin needed hospital treatment for the bite on his arm.
His daughter has done what we pay the police to do, probably because if she didn't, they wouldn't:
Anita has been appealing far and wide on social media for information about the attack and so far her post has been shared by over 2,700 people on Facebook. Thanks to this support she has been able to pass on some information to police.
Essex Police said: "We received a call reporting a puppy had died after being bitten by another dog on Grays Beach at around 7am on Saturday, June 18. We need anyone who saw anything or has any footage to contact us quoting incident 538 of June 18."
Utterly useless...
My heart bleeds for this poor innocent man who lost his much loved dog due to a four legged chav weapon and it's equally piss poor owner. Shame on Essex Police that the victim's family have to do the investigative leg work whilst this force sits on its arse and bleats about 'Pride Month'. Essex Police as are many other of our police forces, are a damned disgrace.
ReplyDeleteHaving just lost my own dog I know only too well how this man feels but in today's world does anyone really believe our idle police will bother to do anything in this case?
ReplyDelete"Shame on Essex Police that the victim's family have to do the investigative leg work..."
ReplyDeleteRemember 'community policing'? Whatever happened to that?
Or am I being naive that they meant the real community?
"...but in today's world does anyone really believe our idle police will bother to do anything in this case?"
No. Sadly.