Gosh, That Was Quick!

Little did I know, when drafting this, I'd be proved right again so quickly... 

Jonathan Hogg, 37, was mauled in the throat by his friend's American Bully XL at a house in Leigh, Greater Manchester on Thursday evening. He was taken to hospital but died shortly after.

'We've just had a baby and now I've got to explain to our kids why their dad is gone', his girlfriend Liberty Farrimond, 24, told the Daily Mail.

Well, you can tell them it's because his country is too lax on allowing these things to be at large. Back in the late Eighties, the first DDA was introduced following vicious attacks on mainly children, few of whom died. Now, adults are being regularly killed by these things. 

Police said a 24-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of being in charge of a dangerously out of control dog causing injury resulting in death. He remains in custody for further questioning.

Oh. Yes. And he ought to have chosen better friends. 

Neighbours said the man who died may have been 'play-fighting' with the animal when it suddenly turned on him'. They were alerted by barking and the man's cries of 'help me', and tried throwing stones at the dog in desperation.

When police finally acted, thankfully they brought better ammunition than stones. 

'Finally' acted, Ambush? Why, yes, Reader, indeed so... 

Greater Manchester Police said armed officers used 'every available tactic to subdue' the animal before it was destroyed because it posed a 'significant risk' to the public.

I've one question: why?  

'We recognise this incident will rightly cause concern within the local area and we would like to reassure the public that we explored every possible avenue to protect the local community and the animal involved.'

Why would you not shoot the thing then and there? Why feel the need to announce a willingness, hell, even a desire, to 'protect' it? Is it because of the loonies demanding the Met Police who tackled these dogs be arrested themselves and charged with something?

Because if so, you're a disgrace to your uniform.