Please sign - Freya, English Mastiff shot dead by police

[Mark]

I had  to speak to a local dog rescue today and they are going to pass the website link on to people.

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Have signed.......this is truelyy apalling 

[clarenmax]

That is so sad, I've signed but like Dave am lost for words.

RIP Freya, you'll safe at the Bridge sweetheart 

[Mark]

I have signed it and made a comment - The police fail to do the job they should be doing which is PROTECTING society. Someone needs to be accountable for killing this poor dog - I hope this gets on the news and the police can be shown up for the scum they are. I will forward this to animal lovers and ghope everyone else does.

RIP poor innocent Freya.

[DaveD]

Signed, but I couldn't think of a comment - words failed me.

[Dawn (DiddyDawn)]

An English Mastiff called Freya was lost on the 22nd of May 2007.

She had just come into season and was being re-homed due to an child's allergy in her previous one. Startled by the new surroundings she got into a panic and ran. All the relevant authorities (including the police and Dog Warden) were notified in an attempt to aid her safe return.

Although there were a number of sightings, Freya was missing for a total of 18 days.  During one of the capture attempts made by her new owner and friends, she was tempted with food and cornered but, panicked at the last moment, pushed past the owners mother-in-law which resulted in slight injuries to the woman's face when her glasses broke.

This was a simple accident - she was NOT bitten - though some media reports made out Freya was a dangerous dog.
The facts do not support that - and we have confirmed that in discussion with their representatives.

After this incident the responsible owner contacted the police for their help in finding Freya, their response was to scramble the helicopter and the armed response unit to shoot his dog. They denied the owner the right to try and catch his dog and would also not allow two dog wardens who were present to try a close capture of Freya.

The police sent the angry Dog Wardens away and instead chose to have Freya shot. Dead.

If - like us - you think the action of the Police was excessive and wrong, please sign our online petition via the link
given below. We cannot bring Freya back, but we can protest at this heavy-handed, violent and needless action.

http://www.police-shoot-dog.co.uk/