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By: Ordinary Dog Owner

Ordinary Dog Owner — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:37:55 +0000

Alison

Your cooking on gas!

Like your post.

By: Gnasher

Gnasher — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:36:42 +0000

Tracey

Top marks for preventing the dog from being killed or injured.

0 out of 10 to the local animal warden for not coming out to seize the dog from you, truly appalling.

Sorry if you thought that my post was cynical, I get completly fed up when articles appear from big animal charities (not just the Blue Cross) that seem to make out that they have a big input in dealing with stray dogs and I do not mean after the 7 clear days when they become the property of the council and can be rehomed by the animal charities. I mean the popular misconception that is not really corrected that such charities might deal with stray dogs from finding to rehoming and the grey area of abandoned dogs.

When a person who is not an officer authorised to seize dogs as strays, this includes RSPCA officers and other animal charity workers, the law is simple, they have to contact the council in the area where the dog was found, nothing to do with me Tracey, it is the law!

Thanks for sorting the dog out, but you let a council negate its statutory duty by failing to come and get the dog from you, no wonder dogs disappear all over the place if council’s cannot be bothered to do their duty!

The police no longer deal with strays since 6th April 2008, legislation has come out to deal with that.

If there was ever the need for the Pet Owner Parliament to get involved in checking on the service provision of councils in relation to stray dogs on behalf of those of us who are dog owners then this is a good example.

Nice one Tracey, shame on though is it, London Borough of Hounslow Animal Warden Service, why did they not help you out?

By: Alison Green

Alison Green — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:36:18 +0000

Hi Tracey,

glad the dogs back with his owners

As your here maybe you could take a look and comment on this post?

http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/395/exclusive-major-british-animal-charity-in-breed-specific-legislation-controversy/

By: Tracey Brown

Tracey Brown — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:23:27 +0000

I would like to reply to Gnashers very cynical view. I did contact the local animal warden who was unable to come and get the dog at the time. I also went to the local police station who would not take the dog on as it was not considered dangerous. I spent approx 1 hour 30 mins trying to find the owners and contact the proper authorities before finally taking her back to the Victoria Hospital. I by no means saw this as a photo opportunity I was just doing my job and actually the photograph that you see was taken by a colleague for my own memorabillia. I find it very hard to believe, and extremely upsetting, that there are people out there who are quick to criticise you for doing your job, what was I supposed to do, leave it to get run over just so that I wasn’t in the magazine?
The Blue Cross are not a stray dog enforcement agency but when the proper authorities are not around to help we are not going to sit back and do nothing if an animals life is in danger.

By: Gnasher

Gnasher — Fri, 02 May 2008 08:05:32 +0000

Why did this Blue Cross employee not contact the local dog warden forthwith as all finders of dogs have a legal duty to do so?

Is it being a bit too cynical to think that perhaps they saw a photo-opportunity!

How far is Fletham Middlesex from the Blue Cross hospital in Victoria?

Does this mean that the Blue Cross is now going to become some kind of stray dog enforcement agency and help local councils out?

I did think that councils were now the only agency that deal with stray dogs now that the police do not have any further dealings since April.

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