German Police shoot crossbreed
SHOULD
ANYONE be labouring under the impression that the anti-dog Breed
Specific laws in Germany are no longer having a negative effect
on dogs and their owners, the latest news from Germany should
prove that, sadly, BSL is very much alive and well.
Last week, a crossbreed described by the German media as an
'American-Staffordshire-Bullterrier' cross allegedly attacked
and killed a Shih Tzu in Lower Saxony. The police were called
and initially used a machine gun to kill the crossbreed called
'Willi'. Eye witnesses said that the police officers then got
into their police cars in an attempt to run over the dog, although
they failed to do so.
According to a new report, the officers 'followed the trail
of blood' and located the dog in a wooded area where several
officers finally killed the poor animal with rifle shots.
Anti-BSL campaigners state that there was no indication that
this dog was a threat to the officers or public. It was later
discovered that the dog was microchipped and according to a
local newspaper the following day, the dog had failed its mandatory
temperament test. The owner, according to the paper, had been
moving around in an attempt to hide her dog than have him destroyed
after failing the test.
The results of the test are not known. if the dog had failed
the test, then he probably should have been euthanased. It was
the fault of the authorities not to make sure this had been
done.
Conveniently enough, though a photo was not given, the dog was
said to be a mixture of three of the four breeds forbidden in
Lower Saxony, a point which anti-BSL campaigners assume was
made to reinforce the Media/Government that these breeds can
be deadly.