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Originally Posted by Livia

Rolling roadblock.

You would need multiple vehicles to block a dual carriage way in both directions, plus at least another 2 people to then catch the dog. How long is it reasonable to allow a serious hazard to continue while you try to set that up? Especially with underfunded, understaffed police?

Maybe they have a higher presence around your area. Where I am it took the police 45 minutes to respond to a call about a fight in the centre of town, involving bricks and bottles, and 5 men stamping on a young guys head. And that's not half way down a random road in wales... The police station is literally two streets away.

Like I said in an ideal world and with the benefit of hindsight, multiple options were possible. At that very moment with a clearly potentially fatal situation developing, I think acting quickly was justified.

Would people have this issue if it was a badger or a fox? No, its just because its a domesticated dog. People can't deal with it because they're sentimental about dogs. Which is fine, but I'd hope sentimentality doesn't come into play when emergency services are protecting human lives...