Will the police destroy a dog who kills another?

[sososadaboutthis]

My neighbour's German shepherd just killed a dog outside my house. We also have a dog and children. Does anyone know, will the police destroy it?

I don't know op, but bloody hell how horrible ☹️

Are the police involved?

i would hope so

Have the police been made aware?

They can’t do anything if they’re not told and don’t have the details of the owner or the dog.

But dog on dog violence isn’t necessarily a reason to PTS a dog.

So your best bet is to report. And keep reporting any instances of aggression.

I think the police may look upon it as the dog being dangerously out of control, but from what I have seen reported locally, ( Scotland) , the killing of the other dog is not in itself , enough.

If it’s a pattern that would be different. And obviously, if there is a human at risk, they will be interested.

Not that I agree of course. Sorry you had to witness that, must have been very traumatic.

The offence would be if the dog was not under control - killing another dog could mean it was dangerously out of control, but would need to be reported and investigated and taken to court. I think the police only put dogs to sleep when there is imminent danger to life or the dog has killed a person - otherwise it would need a court order (which the police could apply for but could be opposed)

The dog was definitely not under control. It was loose in the street. It was awful, the poor woman who was just innocently walking by with her dog 😥

Where is the dog now and has someone called the police? If the dog is still loose I wouldn't be leaving the house with my children, I'd be calling the police now. I hope you're OK OP, it must have been horrible.
Where's the owner of the other poor dog now? She'll be in shock and very distressed.

Report to the police - whether it is pts depends on the circumstances & whether the dog is already known to the police & a repeat offender.

that is horrible.

It may not be the first time this dog has been out of control. So id probably report in case. That poor woman.

I suspect not. There's a dog in our local area that has killed one dog, severely injured many others, and nothing has been done about it. That dog is apparently on a lead when the attacks happen but the owners can't control it once it attacks. It has been repeatedly reported to the police and I've seen people say the dog warden as well, but as far as I know, nothing has been done.

Why the hell isn't it on a muzzle if it routinely kills other dogs?

I've recently reported a dog in my street that has killed two other dogs and attacked a teenager.
Police came out, spent an hour in the garden with the dog, measured her (pit bull type dog) said how friendly she was and that was it! She's still allowed to cause havoc, scare passes by running up and down the front garden chasing after people, regularly escapes.
I was actually stuck behind a gate last week as she'd escaped and I couldn't safely get back to my house. Luckily owner came and got her after a fee minutes of me shouting for help!
Owners don't walk her so you can imagine how hyped up she is.

Someone went to get the woman's husband and he came to be with her and take the poor dogs body home. It's such an awful situation all round, I'm going to visit her soon and I'll find out if the police were called

Very very unlikely the dog will be put down. However in the current climate things are changing a bit.

Report to the police, report to dog warden. When the owners are in a more receptive mode they can take the owners to the small claims court for any costs they have incurred and replacement costs.

Technically you can say the dog was out of control but dog on dog cases havent in the past got much interest from the police.

A really traumatic thing to happen the poor owner of the dead dog. Awful.

Councils/police can also implement Community Protection Notices to owners.

It's a real shame these dogs are often owned by dumb people who can cost them their lives and effect countless others. Like this idiot, all for sake of not using a muzzle and training. Probably also insists on walking the high dog density parks during peak use despite own dogs clear signals of finding it stressful.

We already have various dog laws available to tackle most dog issues, but its either poorly understood so these aren't being implemented by councils/police or the lack of staff just makes it a low priority to take initial action and ability to follow up to avoid compliance failures.

With dog on dog attacks it's not always so clear cut as what appears to be the victim may have also been the instigator, especially if smaller so came off worse.

This happened to us, nothing happened to the dog. It continued to live next door. Horrible situation.

I hope so.

Unfortunately, probably not.

The dangerous dogs act only really applies when dogs have attacked humans rather than other dogs. However, if the poor dogs' owner feels like she was at risk of injury then the GS could end up under a control order where it has to be on a short lead and muzzled in public.

Again though, whether that order was enforced or not would very much depend on the area and whether you have an active dog warden etc.

Dog on dog aggression sadly isn't taken very seriously by law - dogs are seen as possessions and so it tends to be more a civil case than anything criminal.