Sickening Attack

[Evie]

Dad kills neighbours dog with baseball bat

 

[FeeFee]

This really doesn't add up - the people who killed the dog are describing a fairly horrific attack yet the police are saying no offence was committed under the DDA?

I sincerely hope the girl's injuries aren't serious, but I do wonder if battering the dog to death with a baseball bat was necessary or whether the people over-reacted.

It's also a bit off that this happened over a week ago and has been reported now. Yet another newspaper jumping on the 'dangerous dogs attack children' bandwagon, methinks.

 

[Evie]

I agree with the jumping on the band wagon theory. The media will go out of their way now for stories like this unfortunately.

I think there is a lot more to the story than mentioned in the article. To me, it sounds like a right rough neighbourhood and perhaps there might have been a grudge against the dog/owner.

Surely the dog could have been restrained in a shed/room/car untill the police got there to deal with it. No animal deserves to suffer a death like that. The people that did it sounded like they were almost boasting about it in the article. :rant:

I have every sympathy for the girl, but I do think the whole situation sounded very suss.

 

[Seraphina]

This really doesn't add up - the people who killed the dog are describing a fairly horrific attack yet the police are saying no offence was committed under the DDA?

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Surely, it does not matter how badly the girl was injured the dog was at large, unsuppervised and attacked child.

Most likely this was written by a junior trainee "reporter" who got it wrong, and just one more reason why not to take too seriously what we read it newspapers.