greyhound dying in police custody

[dot.hawkes]

After 10 days of being totally forgotten about, a Scotttish ;police station have found a stray dog they logged in 10 days earlier, well, the remains of it. What could have gone wrong here? that poor creature must have suffered terribly.

[horselady]

Dot

I've missed this completely! Have you got a link?

[allotment10]

http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=1171 12007

heartbreaking :-(

[lankeela]

Sadly I am not surprised. You only have to look at the Dog Lost website to see how useless the police are when it comes to stray dogs. They have one person bring a dog in and another report it missing and cannot manage to tie the two together. Even if dogs are knowingly stolen, they sometimes won't issue a crime number and rarely pass the details of lost or found dogs on to other stations.

Lets hope this tragedy makes them more aware of the situation.

[divegirl]

All I will say is....F****** disgusting!

[seekeerz]

OMG I can't even bear to read the details, it makes me sick to my stomach.

We've had an incident here recently when a deliberately lit bush fire burned through an Arabian horse stud - they lost their stallion in the blaze - I got half way through a particularly graphic description of what actually to the horse and could go no further - how can people do these things with complete disregard for the outcomes - at least people have the possible option of getting away - animals haven't a hope in h^ll - and I love greyhounds, we had one years ago and a gentler dog I've never known

Sorry, that turned into a bit of a rant I know, I can't abide cruellty to something that has no way of fending for itself

[heathfield]

In Scotland, a local 'Procurator Fiscal' is the person who decides whether charges should be brought against anyone for breaking the law. Where a report has been submitted to the Fiscal, it usually means there is evidence to show that the law has indeed been broken. In this case, such a report has been submitted. We'll see what happens.

[Annlinda]

Scotland boasts of a superior legal system to the rest of the UK we shall now see just how good or bad it really is when and if the police are prosecuted or not.

[TheGopher]

Another thread on this which you might find of interest.

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question35 4331.html

[horselady]

I can't imagine what that poor, poor dog went through. I really hope the officer concerned is punished, however I din't hold out much hope of that.

[ruthann58]

the police dont give a dam when it comes to animals

[claguey]

I do think its an appalling situation and someone should be held accountable. However, there is no way the police should still have to take in stray dogs. Local authorities were given shed loads of money by the Govt and legislation to introduce Dog Wardens who have the primary responsibility for stray dogs. The Dogs Act 1906 (which meant the Police took responsibility) is still on the statute books because removing it is in the too hard to do tray of this hapless Govt.
I don't know if this is the case under Scottish law, but believe me in England it still doesn't work - local authorities simply don't do enough!