Two Police horses attacked by dog and one horse injured

[reynold]

‘Big-hearted’ police horse viciously attacked by dog returns to work

A police horse who sustained horrific injuries in a dog attack in a London park has returned to work after a successful recovery

www.horseandhound.co.uk

Urbane, the badly injured horse, has returned to work with the Police.

It's so nice that he's recovered after such awful injuries. From the article he seems to be lovely character.

 

[teapot]

Another Met horse involved with a dog attack

Police horse and rider injured after dog runs out of house and attacks - Horse & Hound

An on-duty police horse and mounted officer were both injured after a dog ran out of a house in London and attacked. The two members of the Metropolitan Police mounted branch were on routine duty in Maroon Street, Stepney, east London, on Friday afternoon (18 August), when “one of the police...

www.horseandhound.co.uk

 

[Velcrobum]

Update

'Irresponsible' owner of American Bully that savaged police horse in east London park convicted of dog offences

The owner of an American Bully dog that mauled a police horse in an east London park earlier this year has been convicted.

www.lbc.co.uk

Man admits dangerous-dog attack on police horse in London park

The Met Police says PH Urbane needed many stitches after the unprovoked Victoria Park attack.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[oldandgold]

Update

'Irresponsible' owner of American Bully that savaged police horse in east London park convicted of dog offences

The owner of an American Bully dog that mauled a police horse in an east London park earlier this year has been convicted.

www.lbc.co.uk

Man admits dangerous-dog attack on police horse in London park

The Met Police says PH Urbane needed many stitches after the unprovoked Victoria Park attack.

www.bbc.co.uk

But it begs the question why is the dog still in police kennels and a decision on it's future is pending - this dog should have been PTS the same day

 

[Velcrobum]

I do wonder if the owner is fighting being PTS, if it had been a person I think the police have the power to make that decision. That decision hopefully will be made when he is sentenced.

 

[Clodagh]

I’m not sure that legally pts is a given. Attacking another animal is pretty much nothing and does the fact it was an animal on duty make that much difference?

 

[ycbm]

But it begs the question why is the dog still in police kennels and a decision on it's future is pending - this dog should have been PTS the same day

The dog wasn't proven to be dangerously out of control until the man is convicted of having a dog that's dangerously out of control, so it stays in kennels until the man is convicted and then the dog's case goes to court if the owner won't agree to PTS.
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[reynold]

Wasn't there a law change in the last year that made it more of an offence to attack a police officer on duty, designed to protect police dogs under the law after they've been attacked on duty.

If I've remembered correctly then I would hope that a police horse would also be counted as a 'police officer'.

Perhaps someone can remember better than I can?

 

[skinnydipper]

Wasn't there a law change in the last year that made it more of an offence to attack a police officer on duty, designed to protect police dogs under the law after they've been attacked on duty.

If I've remembered correctly then I would hope that a police horse would also be counted as a 'police officer'.

Perhaps someone can remember better than I can?

‘Finn’s Law’ delivered to protect brave service animals

The Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Bill comes into force today (8 June) to protect service animals such as police dogs and horses.

www.gov.uk

 

[Keith_Beef]

‘Finn’s Law’ delivered to protect brave service animals

The Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Bill comes into force today (8 June) to protect service animals such as police dogs and horses.

www.gov.uk

"Finn's law" is about people attacking service animals (including police dogs and police horses).

When a dog attacks a horse this is, I believe, the offense of having a dangerously out of control dog. When a dog injures a person or a service animal it becomes the aggravated offense of having a dangerously out of control dog, with more severe penalties.

 

[skinnydipper]

"Finn's law" is about people attacking service animals (including police dogs and police horses).

When a dog attacks a horse this is, I believe, the offense of having a dangerously out of control dog. When a dog injures a person or a service animal it becomes the aggravated offense of having a dangerously out of control dog, with more severe penalt

Reynold asked if there had been a change in law to protect police dogs when they have been attacked on duty. Finn's Law was introduced to make it an offence to cause unnecessary suffering to a service animal, and is I think the change in law that reynold was referring to.

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0138/18138.pdf

Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Act 2019

www.legislation.gov.uk

 

[Velcrobum]

Pity the dog has not been PTS as it was an unprovoked attack

Man fined after dangerous dog attacked police horse in London park

The Met Police says PH Urbane needed many stitches after the unprovoked Victoria Park attack.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[paddy555]

Pity the dog has not been PTS as it was an unprovoked attack

Man fined after dangerous dog attacked police horse in London park

The Met Police says PH Urbane needed many stitches after the unprovoked Victoria Park attack.

www.bbc.co.uk

just unbelievable. Seems you can allow your dog to do anything nowadays and get only a paltry fine. If those are the consequences for attacking a police horse with witnesses, footage etc then there is no hope nor point in the rest of us complaining when our horses get attacked.

Someone had to pay the cost of the vets d/w the horse let alone the mental trauma to him. That is us as the taxpayer as we fund the police. Not only should the dog have been destroyed the owner should have been funding all of the taxpayer's (ie police's) costs.

 

[Alwaysmoretoknow]

Maybe it's time to train police horses to stamp on aggressive out of control dogs who are attacking them.

 

[Alwaysmoretoknow]

Mine are all up for it and will cheerfully chase and stomp any out of control dogs that they perceive
as a threat.
The shettie is particularly vindictive.

 

[vanrim]

Bloody Hell. Well sat. He was lucky not to come off. That horse was a Saint. My mare would have kicked the shit out of that dog

 

[PeterNatt]

I am afraid that people are just 'daft'. I was riding in Hyde Park London a few weeks ago and a lady had two small dogs that were not on leads and running and barking around the horses legs while she was walking and talking on her mobile phone. I shouted at her several times to control her dogs warning her that her dogs may get kicked and she still did not respond. What hope have we?

 

[Velcrobum]

I am afraid that people are just 'daft'. I was riding in Hyde Park London a few weeks ago and a lady had two small dogs that were not on leads and running and barking around the horses legs while she was walking and talking on her mobile phone. I shouted at her several times to control her dogs warning her that her dogs may get kicked and she still did not respond. What hope have we?

Sadly these days pure arrogance and selfishness is prevalent. Her phone call was far to important to interrupt to retrieve her dogs. Some people should just not have pets ..................