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    A2Z123 wrote:
    JuliaM wrote:
    rav4man wrote: Who would want to be a police officer with you bunch of moaners about? So they had to shoot a dangerous horse a few times, so what! At least there were no people injured. As far as I can see the police do a reasonable job in this crazy country, where house holders cannot protect themselves because of fear of hurting some scumbag burglar or yob. Wait till you get burgled or attacked, who you going to call then? If you want to know I am a carpenter, nothing whatever to do with the police.
    So, if it took you 19 goes to make a wooden door, should we call you a good carpenter, or a cretin who shouldn't be trusted with a hammer and a handful of nails?
    JuliaM
    The only thing you have to say that 19 rounds were discharged in this story is the comments from people who obviously have an axe to grind.
    From previous story and comments there was more than one horse.
    Let's be realistic. Somebody must of reported these horses to the police as a danger. The police have responded due to that report.
    The story yesterday makes it sound like the police tried to deal with the horses for a long period before they were eventually shot. Do you really believe the police enjoy killing animals. Yes there are people who do enjoy killing animals but whose to say these officers are amongst them. Better these horses are destroyed than those same officers knocking on your door to tell you your nearest and dearest hasn't not come home due to a crash.....
    Maybe you're some expert marksman who could give them some tips.... As per my previous comment.. Say no more.........
    Do I really believe the police enjoy killing animals?

    Well, clearly they don't, or they'd be a lot better at it.

    I'd like to know why the RSPCA aren't breathing down their necks for animal cruelty. After all, when one poor PC came upon a cat knocked down in a RTA and put it out of its misery with a spade (in one blow!), they prosecuted him.

    Here, PCs Magoo and S. Wonder blast away with their popguns and.... *crickets*

    Something stinks."
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Police deny shooting Dunnington stray horse 19 times

9:09am Tuesday 14th September 2010 in News Photograph of the Author By Mike Laycock , Chief reporter

ANGRY villagers have claimed it took 19 shots by a police marksman to kill a stray horse at Dunnington, near York.

Several residents contacted The Press to complain yesterday after North Yorkshire Police said two horses were “humanely destroyed” on Sunday after breaking loose and running wild.

Pam Frankland claimed the scene as police chased one of the horses was like “cowboys and Indians”, and she was disgusted because 19 shots had to be fired before the animal died.

Another resident said the animal should have been tranquilised or captured instead, adding: “Supposedly trained officers took 19 shots to kill it.

He said: “They may as well have machine gunned the animal. There is real cruelty and incompetence there.”

A third claimed the animal was first wounded in one leg, and then another before eventually being put down after 19 shots.

But a force spokesman, while admitting one horse “had to be shot a number of times before it fell to the ground, while the other was destroyed quickly,” denied as many as 19 shots were needed.

He said numerous methods of catching and controlling the horses were tried throughout the day, and officers received help from members of the public, farm workers and vets.

He said: “However, all attempts proved unsuccessful as the horses were very wild and would not allow themselves to be approached.”

He said every effort was made to avoid having to shoot the horses, but said: “Ultimately public safety has to be the over-riding concern of the police. We simply could not risk the very real possibility of the horses causing a serious or even fatal road traffic collision.”

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