But, in February 2018, Mr Stronge was sentenced for failing to keep Bleu on a lead and muzzled, and an immediate destruction order was made, with Mr Stronge banned from keeping a dog for five years. He failed to surrender Bleu because he was 'desperate to save his dog from destruction'. The judge said Bleu had an 'excellent temperament and is not known ever to have shown aggressive or dangerous behaviour'. If you have a banned dog, the police or local council dog warden can take it away and keep it, even if it is not acting dangerously, or there has not been a complaint. If your dog is banned but the court thinks it’s not a danger to the public, it may put it on the Index of Exempted Dogs (IED) and let you keep it.

Source: The Nation March 29, 2021 16:41 UTC