Thursday, 12 October 2023

Who Are You 'Protecting And Serving'..?

A banned dog called Blaze has been saved from being destroyed after police obtained a court order exempting it from legislation.

Wait, what?! 

The two-year-old Pit Bull was seized by police from a house in Norwich on March 3 after being suspected of being an illegal breed. It has now been returned permanently to its owner Laura Baluch, 20, after Norwich Magistrates’ Court was told it did not pose a risk to the public. Magistrates approved a police application for the family pet to be placed on the index of exempt dogs.

Oh, FFS!  

PC Annelly Miles, Norfolk and Suffolk police dog legislation officer said after being seized Blaze had been identified to be a Pit Bull type. Owning a Pit Bull Terrier has been illegal since 1991 under the dangerous dogs legislation.
“Blaze was purchased by Laura about a year old having been advertised as a Staffordshire Bull Terrier but obviously this wasn’t the case,” said PC Miles. “He lives with Laura, her parents and her 12-year-old sister. He is very much a loved family pet.
“He has not shown any aggression to other dogs or people and I don’t believe he poses any danger to the public.”
She said the dog was “quite boisterous and full-on” but was still young enough to continue good behaviour training.

Why take the risk? Shoot the thing and tell them to get a nice Labrador instead... 

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4 comments:

  1. Ian J12 October 2023 at 09:21

    let's have the names of those who declared it 'safe' - just in case, then we will know who to hold responsible.

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  2. Anonymous12 October 2023 at 14:34

    "He has not shown any aggression to other dogs or people" ... yet.

    Hopefully any of the predictable/eventual/guaranteed aggression gets visited 'only' on the family (or possibly the 'friend' PC Miles. What, you think she'd do this for some total stranger?).

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  3. APL12 October 2023 at 18:03

    "He has not shown any aggression to other dogs or people"...how well has this been tested ?
    I had a lovely docile Sheltie, who would go crazy at the sight of a squirrel. But a crazy Sheltie can still be lifted under my arm and controlled - pit bull, not so much.

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  4. JuliaM15 October 2023 at 06:32

    "let's have the names of those who declared it 'safe' - just in case, then we will know who to hold responsible."

    Good idea!

    "What, you think she'd do this for some total stranger?"

    You'd think the magistrates might be curious, no?

    "...how well has this been tested ?"

    Another good point! We'll never know that either, will we?

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