PaulG Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 It has been a long time comming but we won and now its law, Service Animals that means Police dogs and horses, Search and Rescue dogs, and even Service/Assitance/Guide dogs now have recognition and protection of law, personaly I think they should have used the American modle that saw the dog as a full officer but it is a start https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-48510975 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PaulG Posted June 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 What some people may not know is that the criminal that attacked them was charged but he was only given a hand slap punishment for the attack on PD Finn. At the time service animals had no real protection under the law, so they were seen as soft targets for abuse. Infact most police departments did not even bother to record or charge people with the attacks as they were hardley ever prosocuted for them. Police dogs are used to check rooms for bombs and hidden attackers Drug dealers are known to keep dogs that when a police raid happens they let out, dogs that will attack anything that moves man or dog, The criminal runs leaving The police to deal with the dangerous dog in the hopes it gives them time to escape. In the UK until this law those service animals had no real protection or recognition under the law, people tried to get them this protection but the new law was blocked Several times, But Finns handler and now owner fought hard with the help of a group of people to Force the goverment and law makers to give these dogs protection they deserve and now we and they have it, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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