Article: Blunkett asked to decide who owns rehoused animals; Row as rescue centre boss loses second dog.(News)

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 ...

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