Essex was named among the many counties with the best variety of dogs “destroyed” by police. New knowledge from PersonalInjuryClaimsUK.org.uk has discovered that 137 dogs have been destroyed since September 2020.
The variety of dogs destroyed throughout the nation in that point interval throughout England, Wales and Scotland is 2,671. The quantity might be a lot larger, as solely 86 per cent of police forces responded to the survey, while some forces have been unable to substantiate the variety of dogs destroyed for varied causes
Not all incidents that lead to a canine being destroyed are all the time recorded on drive methods. The figures point out that the Metropolitan Police had destroyed extra dogs than every other police drive that responded to the Freedom of Information request, accounting for over a fifth of dogs destroyed by all forces who responded.
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The police forces which destroyed essentially the most dogs throughout the nation have been:
- Metropolitan Police – 605
- South Yorkshire Police – 431
- Avon and Somerset Police – 400+
- Derbyshire Constabulary – 284
- Greater Manchester Police – 218
- Northumbria Police – 200+
- West Yorkshire Police – 149
- Essex Police – 137
- Humberside Police – 101
- Hertfordshire Constabulary – 64
If a canine poses a right away menace to the protection of the general public then it may be lawfully ordered to be destroyed by the police or different accountable person. Not all forces supplied causes for the destruction of dogs, however a few of the commonest have been because of Section 1 and Section 3 offences beneath the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.
Section 1 prohibits individuals from proudly owning canine varieties bred for preventing, while Section 3 pertains to when a canine is dangerously uncontrolled in a public place or a place the place it’s not allowed.
The mostly destroyed canine breeds have been XL Bulldogs, American Bulldogs, Pitbulls, Cane Corsos and Staffordshire Bull Terriers. The knowledge confirmed that in some counties the variety of dogs destroyed has risen prior to now two years.
