A staff member at an animal rehoming centre was taken to hospital following an incident with a dog.
Yes, yet another XL Bully, allegedly...
The incident in Nevendon Road, Wickford, saw a canine carer at Dogs Trust Rehoming centre suffer several injuries at around 4.41pm on October 5. The carer was attacked by a dog named Klay who was allegedly an XL Bully put down after the incident. Klay was put down following discussions between Dogs Trust leadership and the staff member was discharged after recovering from the attack.
Why did they need to discuss anything?
A spokesman for Dogs Trust said: The safety and welfare of staff, volunteers, and all members of the public who come into contact with the charity is of the utmost concern. Dogs Trust is conducting a full investigation of the circumstances leading up to and surrounding this incident and we are in contact with the Canine Carer who we offer our best wishes and support.’
But in the comments, a slightly different - and worrying - take on the Dogs Trust and their regards to safety:
'Adopt don't shop' is a noble thing, no doubt, but can you be sure that you aren't getting a potential killer?
3 comments:
I can understand dog lovers not wanting to 'shop' bad dogs. After all that is what the public do with bad people. We make excuses for them all. It's not their fault, they had a bad start in life etc.
In the meantime we put down perfectly healthy and decent dogs for financial reasons. Surely if they terminated very dog that has bitten someone twice, and if a bad attack the first time we would have more room for the safer and better dogs.
Our society's morals and ethics are badly skewed.
The Health and Safety Executive should be informed. The nature and frequency of the injuries proves that the risk assessment has been inadequate.
As an employer, you're required by law to protect your employees, and others, from harm.
Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, the minimum you must do is:
identify what could cause injury or illness in your business (hazards)
decide how likely it is that someone could be harmed and how seriously (the risk)
take action to eliminate the hazard, or if this isn't possible, control the risk
"Our society's morals and ethics are badly skewed."
Fully agree.
"The Health and Safety Executive should be informed. The nature and frequency of the injuries proves that the risk assessment has been inadequate."
And they have even more fearsome teeth than the mutts....
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