Response To Email Greyhound Dies In Police Kennel

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just received a e-mail from the lbp pnn police over the death of the greyhound,basically saying a enquiry is being done by a senior officer and also a seperate enquiry by the SSPCA , and they are like the public distressed by this sad set of circumstances(thats how they put it) and their website has a fuller statement over this tradgy.

 

[kris]

Thank you for your Email relative to the death of the greyhound dog.

Lothian and Borders Police have appointed a senior officer who will carry out a detailed enquiry into why this tragedy has occurred. We too share the concerns of the public at this sad set of circumstances.

The Procurator Fiscal has been made aware and we have also reported the matter to the SSPCA who will be carrying out a separate independent enquiry. We cannot pre-judge the outcome, but assure you that we will be thorough in determining where fault or failings lie.

We hope this gives you reassurance that we are doing all we can at this time and regret the distress this has caused.

Our web site at "lbp.police.uk" has a fuller statement regarding this tragedy.

this is the reply i received this morning :thumbsup:

 

[galty]

Dogs owner found.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headl...-name_page.html

The dog raced at Pelew, so think the NGRC should get involved.

http://www.greyhound-data.com/d?d=bushmill...ear=&birthland=

 

[kris]

i hope he has some sleepless nights about what hes done. :angry: but at least he didnt take him out and shoot him with a staple gun,or tie him to a fence in a field and leave him to die or put him in a bin bag.where does it all end this cruelty?

 

[jools]

They must be sending a standard e mail reply to everyone who contacted them

 

[stormydog]

i hope he has some sleepless nights about what hes done. :angry: but at least he didnt take him out and shoot him with a staple gun,or tie him to a fence in a field and leave him to die or put him in a bin bag.where does it all end this cruelty?

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dont forget about his wife and kids too kris well atleast stun-gun them :- "

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ps let him watch before he gets his............. o

 

[galty]

i hope he has some sleepless nights about what hes done. :angry: but at least he didnt take him out and shoot him with a staple gun,or tie him to a fence in a field and leave him to die or put him in a bin bag.where does it all end this cruelty?

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??????

Would this be the police officer or the person who took this dog in to be starved to death

Hope the Police officer has sleepness nights.

 

[kris]

the owner of the poor dog obviously.he gave the dog in saying that hed found him and was a stray.he lied and instead of shouldering his responsibilities he gave them to someone else.he is the person responsible for the dog being there in the first place.but the police officer who took the dog in and logged him in and promptly forgot all about him shares some of that responsibility too.i agree with some of the previous posts about this situation in that the police shouldnt be taking in stray dogs.they have no knowledge of dogs and how to look after them,it should be a designated dog wardens responsibility as i would have thought they would be dog lovers and would maybe care a bit more about the dog and what happens to it.either way i hope the man who owned the dog feels a degree of guilt and shame over what hes done and the police officer also.

 

[galty]

Well I think that its all down to the police officer as he caused this poor dogs death.

Others blame the person who handed him in and others blame Greyhound racing as a whole.

Maybe to you and them its all down to politics??????

The Copper caused this HORRIBLE death down to Him/Her nobody else.

Hope they jail him/her for the Maxi for 6 months

 

[nina]

Well I think that its all down to the police officer as he caused this poor dogs death.

Others blame the person who handed him in and others blame Greyhound racing as a whole.

Maybe to you and them its all down to politics??????

The Copper caused this HORRIBLE death down to Him/Her nobody else.

Hope they jail him/her for the Maxi for 6 months

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Real easy to pass the buck isn't it :- "

 

[galty]

Well I think that its all down to the police officer as he caused this poor dogs death.

Others blame the person who handed him in and others blame Greyhound racing as a whole.

Maybe to you and them its all down to politics??????

The Copper caused this HORRIBLE death down to Him/Her nobody else.

Hope they jail him/her for the Maxi for 6 months

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Real easy to pass the buck isn't it :- "

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No I fully believe that the MAIN cause of this dogs death was down to the police after all the inquire is looking in to that.

I was asking Kris about her point and she gave me an answer which I fully except.

 

[nina]

Well I think that its all down to the police officer as he caused this poor dogs death.

Others blame the person who handed him in and others blame Greyhound racing as a whole.

Maybe to you and them its all down to politics??????

The Copper caused this HORRIBLE death down to Him/Her nobody else.

Hope they jail him/her for the Maxi for 6 months

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Real easy to pass the buck isn't it :- "

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No I fully believe that the MAIN cause of this dogs death was down to the police after all the inquire is looking in to that.
I was asking Kris about her point and she gave me an answer which I fully except.

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I was talking in general that it is easy for ANYONE to pass the buck.

Who is to say who is the real culprit here??

The guy who lied & handed the poor dog in, as in this instance if he had never of done this the dog wouldn't be dead.

The police that forgot about the poor dog???

Or the original breeder who let the dog go to obviously dubious circumstances.

Think about it?????

It was merely an observation NOT a personal remark.

The "likes of me" has absolutely no desire to get into a personal argument with you or anyone else, so please take it for it was "a comment"

 

[Mark Roberts]

yet another topic thats turning into personal attacks.

can i remind everyone that sending PM's of an agressive or abusive nature are just as bad as posting them on the open forum.

 

[wilfred]

An update to the case where the poor greyhound died in police kennels:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinbu...ast/6982964.stm

 

[kris]

what does it actually mean when it says theyve been disciplined?smacked on the botty and told to not do it again? :blink: tbh its the result i expected,noones responsible for anything any more these days. R.I. P. poor dog.

 

[wilfred]

I know Kris. It's despairing, really: obviously we don't know what their disciplinary procedures entail (and I am very tempted to contact them and enquire), but on the face of it, to me, if you fail to do your job fully, you're responsible for that bit of failure.

It isn't like the job they left undone (ie passing on the info to colleagues that a greyhound was in the kennels and needed checking up on/feeding etc) was just a piece of paperwork lying around to do later. It was a living, sentient being.

I know how busy life is in the public sector, and I know that we're all human and therefore fallible, but there must be odd occasions when many us have gone home from work (or got called on to another job) and then realised that some bit of info has not got passed on to others in the workplace, due to how hectic life at work is.

So, we ring back and make sure that we pass it on!!!! And make sure that something is done, and then we follow it up again ASAP.

We don't just presume that "someone else will notice". Someone else WON'T necessarily notice, cos they are busy too. If a job is passed to me personally, then it is up to me to either do that job myself, or delegate it to someone else straight away, and follow it up.

I work in primary school education, but to me, the principle is the same.

 

[kris]

i agree with everthing youve said.if i give someone a job to do its my responsibility to check up on them and see that its done.its an automatic thing.i can pass a message on to my husband from a customer asking for a certain item and i always have to check with him that hes got it for them cos i know it could slip his mind cos he has so much more to do as well and he forgets things.but to forget a dog? sorry but thats the limit it really is.and id like to know why the rspca arent bringing a prosecution as surely a police officer should be made an example of as theyre supposed to be more responsible than a member of the public and ought to be setting an example. :rant:

 

[wilfred]

and id like to know why the rspca arent bringing a prosecution as surely a police officer should be made an example of as theyre supposed to be more responsible than a member of the public and ought to be setting an example. :rant:

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Thanks Kris.

The points you make are extremely valid (and I agree with all of them) - and indeed why isn't the RSPCA or SSPCA (don't know which would apply to that area) looking towards bringing a prosecution?

I just can't see a civilian pet owner getting away with "forgetting" to feed/water/attend to a dog.