Can't Believe I'm Hearing This Again!

[boothros]

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Sorry for the rant but I'm sure this is exactly the same as an issue I first heard about on K9 a while ago.

This morning my husband was travelling to London for work in a hired car.

During the rush hour he was travelling through the busy area of Hindhead where the tunnel roadworks are taking place when he came upon a loose large bull terrior type dog who was causing havoc on the road. With the help of other stopped drivers, he caught the dog who though not vicious was frightened. The dog had a collar with a contact number which was called but there was no reply.

Having no idea what to do with the dog and no knowledge of the Police in the local area, he phoned 999 to ask for advice. He was informed by the Police that it was no matter for them and that it was up to my husband to get the dog to the local warden as the warden wouldn't come out to him. He explained to them that he wasnt taking the dog anywhere, it had cost him time already, and if he doesn't meet his ship on time it will sail without him, no questions asked and no pay, end of story (plus it wasn't his car to be taking a strange dog about in remember).

The Police operators response to this was, 'Well just let him go again then'. Now I understand that this may well not be a Police matter but I find the idea of letting a big frightened dog loose in heavy traffic, is a completely irresponsible, negligable even suggestion to have made. Surely the Police have a certain duty of care to the general public (and indeed the dog) and that giving a directive which could potentially cause an accident in such a traffic blackspot is ludicrous.

Fortunately, there is hopefully a happy end to the story as the other bystanders located a local house with a picture of bull terriors on the (swinging open) gate. There was also a buisness phone number on the sign which was the same as the one on the dogs collar and so it was in the garden that my husband deposited the dog.

 

[FeeFee]

That's absolutely disgusting :rant:

I know that police in most areas don't have responsibility for stray dogs any more, but as you say they do have a responsibility for traffic safety, I can't believe they would suggest letting a frightened dog go again in heavy traffic :angry:

 

[eve]

What a lovely man your husband is

I am delighted that the dog ended up safe.

I cannot believe the police response, it beggars belief :rant:

 

[Judy]

And if your husband had let him go and he then caused a traffic accident, what's the betting it would be your husband that was liable!!!!!!!!!!!

Mad isn't it!

 

[quintessence]

In agreement with everything up to now but what the hell was the dog doing out in such a busy area. My dogs, in a fairly quiet area, are behind two gates, if they get through the first one the second will stop them. I am paranoid about their safety.

Jenny

 

[Janimal]

What an aweful story...and as for the police...beyond words... :rant:

I remember when my poor chip was attacked by a staffy...attacked to the point he was almost eaten alive...18 stitches and punctured lung...and the dog in question a staffy cross

was out on the loose. I contacted the local police...who basically said no-one had been hurt and it was just a dog in this case... :angry: and I had to sort it out amically with the

owner...!!!

I then said what if it had been a child it had attacked...well yes that would have been different. :wacko:

And as for this case...arnt you suppose to report a dog if you hit it with a vehicle........when this could have been avoided in the first place....shocking... :unsure:

 

[~Sarah~]

The police should be ashamed of themselves. :angry: Well done to your OH for helping to avoid a potential accident. :thumbsup:

 

[Whippets4eva]

This makes me so angry :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant:

The police should have taken responsibility as as you said Sharon as an accident could of occurred :angry:

I hope Pete had a safe journey and reached his destination in time

 

[boothros]

This makes me so angry :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: The police should have taken responsibility as as you said Sharon as an accident could of occurred :angry:

I hope Pete had a safe journey and reached his destination in time

Yes he did thankyou Sonia, I spose on the bright side at least I didn't end up with a 'free' bull terrior :lol:

 

[JAX]

Unbeliveable , but what a super chap your OH sounds

The RSPCA are no different , I know a lady who found a kitten cat , obviously missing from home the RSPCA said , `oh just but it out again , it wil find its way home !!` (w00t)

 

[wilfred]

If it were me, I would write to to Chief Constable in your area, tell him exactly what happened and how ridiculous the advice was (bearing in mind there could have been a serious accident or other serious consequences to their operative's "advice" - and I use the word "advice" loosely). This incident was not handled appropriately by the police IMO.

Well done to your husband and the other responsible drivers who stopped to help :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[dizzyliz]

I too have had this happen and I fully 100% agree with what has been said. My husband and I were travelling alone a very busy road when we spotted three greyhounds running towards the road. Worried about their welfare and of course the fact that they could cause a nasty accident I dialed the police to be told it wasnt their problem, they got a very curt answer from me. I was told to ring the dog warden, as if I had that number to hand. They had to search for it. ANyway I phoned the dog warden who had answering machine saying the hours of work. Something like 4pm and closed to the next day! Honestly dog wardens should be dog wardens surely and have shifts. Its a classic case of Oh well never mind and we will act if anything happens. Surely any incident on a major road should be investigated.

That was one occurance but another was a whole lot of geese had got out on to the same road, and this time I personally visited the local police and said they were causing havoc and he did say he would look it to it, but there didnt seem any sense of urgency.