Merseyside dog amnesty

[bunn]

I have just looked at  this PDF leaflet issued by Merseyside police about their  illegal dog amnesty.   It makes me angry.

 In particular, the description of 'how to identify an illegal dog' combined with 'who will decide a dog is illegal' and the advice to report dogs belonging to one's friends family and neighbours makes me want to march up and down ranting loudly.   I would like some non-dog-owner people to tell me if they think I am overreacting.

Comments

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

I don't have a problem with people reporting dogs which pose a threat to the public. Unfortunately this leaflet is more about trying to identify banned breeds under the Dangerous Dogs Act- a poorly drafted bit of knee-jerk legislation if ever I saw one.

Quite apart from any other considerations- how on earth do you actually identify the breeds concerned? The whole area is a minefield, and many people with perfectly friendly, well trained dogs which might fit the description are getting very scared about this.