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Article: Blunkett asked to decide who owns rehoused animals; Row as rescue centre boss loses second dog.(News)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- May 17, 2002
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HOME Secretary David Blunkett is being asked to rule over the ownership of thousands of dogs which have passed through Freshfields Animal Rescue Centre in Ince Blundell.
It follows a legal row between a couple whose runaway dog was seized by staff at Freshfields from where it was originally adopted.
They refused to return it despite pleas from its ``owners''.
Centre manager Lesley Tarleton said the Staffordshire bull terrier, Stella, should not have been allowed to escape from the couple's home because she is a potentially dangerous fighting dog.
The matter went to court in Liverpool on Wednesday for Judge David MacKay to decide on ...