Comments on: Merseyside Police Spend Nearly £1m of Tax Payer’s Money on ‘Dangerous Dog’ Campaign

By: Sam Lodger

Sam Lodger — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:00:21 +0000

Wow that is a load of cash been spent of enforcing breed ban law! What a waste of public money bsl is, shocking.

By: Frankie

Frankie — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:07:13 +0000

I just read on one of the above links about Oscar again who was killed by mistake by the merseyside police, that is so awful, poor family, what a terrible thing to happen.

By: alison green

alison green — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:04:20 +0000

From the FOI

“As at 18th May 2009, 23 dogs were held by Merseyside Police under Section 1 of the Act, and 4 dogs were held under Section 3″

Thats quite a few more section one than 3.

Also another FOI showed that from sep 08 to end of feb 09 Mp held 31 section 1 compared with just 2 section 3 for the same time period.

By: Dave the Dog

Dave the Dog — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:50:12 +0000

Just to clarify, this Force has led the way in trying to create a much more humane way of dealing with the dogs. The vast majority of those section 1 dogs reported to them are now left at home.
Further to that, this years figure is mainly made up of section 3 dogs not section 1.