happypig
Staring at the rude boys
I'd prefer the police were shovelling bits of a dog into a bucket rather than bits of a family
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Police deliberately run over Dog.
- Thread starter Honky Tonx
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Lincoln Imp
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- Feb 2, 2009
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Mustafa's right. Couldn't they just have stopped the traffic? They're very good at that.
portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
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He said without irony...! Either way it's lose lose and all rather hypothetical anyway. Personally I'd rather a dog live ahead of any number of humans I can think of
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
It's a very busy freight route for the ferry to Ireland, and the police had already tried catching the dog, getting bitten in the process. The owner of the hound agreed with the police action.
severnside gull
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My dogs are my family but given the choice the police faced I wouldn't hesitate to do exactly as they did.
Super Steve Earle
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If the police were close enough to get bitten, surely they were close enough to taser it?
Hampster Gull
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- Dec 22, 2010
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A cat wouldn't do that 
GoldWithFalmer
Seaweed! Seaweed!
A cat wouldn't do that
nonsense,they are on every road,go out now and check,can't see their bodies mind.
Mutts Nuts
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- Oct 30, 2011
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21st century coppers scared of there own shadow, it was a dog FFS not the hound of the Baskervilles
HHGull
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- Dec 29, 2011
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Not sure the press would have been much better for that!
- Jul 7, 2003
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When did all the police in this country get tasers then?
hitony
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The correct course of action was taken in my opinion.
herecomesaregular
We're in the pipe, 5 by 5
Wish they would do the same with migrants.
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glasfryn
cleaning up cat sick
this was the right action
as an animal lover another story comes to mind, police were called to a cat who had been run over and the whole of the back end was damaged, they called a vet who could not get there so one of the policemen dispatched the can with a single blow with a borrowed spade, not nice but I would have shook his hand as the poor cat was in real pain with not a chance of survival.
might add that the good old RSPCA tried but failed to take the PC to court for animal cruelty several times .
wonder what they might say about this case?
as an animal lover another story comes to mind, police were called to a cat who had been run over and the whole of the back end was damaged, they called a vet who could not get there so one of the policemen dispatched the can with a single blow with a borrowed spade, not nice but I would have shook his hand as the poor cat was in real pain with not a chance of survival.
might add that the good old RSPCA tried but failed to take the PC to court for animal cruelty several times .
wonder what they might say about this case?
Yeh, that wouldn't have hurt or caused the dog any distress, would it? Police action correct; whingeing about it is for prats.
I am not so sure, firstly how busy can that road be at 3.00am and secondly why couldnt the police lend the same dynamic as if the dog was say a deer or cow etc. each pose a similar problem yet it seems both have been treated with a different approach.
Gullflyinghigh
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- Apr 23, 2012
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I'm no expert but I can't imagine that using a taser designed for incapacitating a grown adult would a good idea on a much smaller creature, plus the suffering would (I imagine) be fairly intense.
I am playing devils advocate a little here, but do you know the vague procedure if it was say a deer or cow and why this same procedure was not lent to this dog too .......
Yeh, running over a cow would be no problem, eh? No mess, no damage to the car ............. oh .......
It was a dog, ffs; it isn't any more.