An XL Bully type puppy was put down and a woman charged after armed cops raced to a Coatbridge house yesterday. Police swarmed on Broughton Place in Shawhead at around 3.40pm after receiving reports of an incident involving the pup, that is understood to be less than a year old. Officers attended and confirmed the pet, believed to be aged just seven months, was euthanised at the property by a vet.
Meanwhile, locals reported a heavy police presence in the area for several hours on Thursday evening. Surrounding streets were taped off whilst emergency services dealt with the incident. Neighbours told the Daily Record of their shock to see the amount of police who attended.
"There were ten armed officers and dozens of police officers. The vet had to be escorted into the property by two armed officers."
Cue the usual suspects on social media wailing 'it was only a puppy!', almost drowning out those wailing about police overkill. Thankfully, the owner of this juvenile hellbeast was dim enough to wade in and explain (and also hand the CPS an open goal):
If this response was needed for a 7 month old, who wants to wait around and see what's needed when it's older?
CPS? On what charge?
ReplyDeleteDangerous dog charge.
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