Detective Inspector Gavin Mulcahy said: 'We understand the shock that this incident will cause in the local community and beyond.'
It looks like quite a nice area, but then so have recent dog-related deaths occurred in what looked like nice areas.
It only remains to be seen whether it was a pitbull, a 'Staffie-cross' (for which read 'pitbull 2.0'), an American Bully ("I Can't Believe It's Not A Pitbull!"™) or something more exotic...
Update:
Nope, thanks to comments at the 'Liverpool Echo', it's looking like yet another breeder of these things:
I wonder if it'll be investigated as an industrial accident?
5 Americn Bulldogs according to the BBC - humanely destroyed! At least the police acted in this instance!
ReplyDeleteSadly, the news reports refer to them being 'removed by police' rather than 'shot on scene' - why endanger more people?
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