Noise complaints over dogs in Lambeth Council pound – BBC UK News
Residents have said they are unable to sleep at night because of the noise of barking from a council dog pound near their homes in south London. Lambeth Council has been picking up stray dogs and keeping them in a pound in Wanless Road, which is at

Dangerous dogs ’sold for £250 in London pubs’ – BBC UK News
Martin Linton, Labour MP for Battersea, said many of the dogs, mostly pitbulls and Staffordshire bull terriers, were trained to be used as weapons by gangs. Surveys by Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, south London, show that one in 20 dogs admitted

Illegal dogs sold in pubs for £250 says Battersea MP (From Your Local – Wandsworth Guardian
the Government’s response to the Bateson Report on dangerous dogs. In a commons question, the MP also asked the minister to consider a minimum age for dog ownership and for a tougher registration system for dog breeders. The minister and MP

First came battery chickens. Now we have battery dogs – The Guardian
I have always wanted a dog. As a child, I pored (pawed?) over the pet classifieds in the local newspaper, looking for the perfect puppy (ideally the reincarnation of Timmy from the Famous Five books). I badgered my animal-phobic mother for a dog on a

The veterinary nurse: Pets control – The Guardian
It’s not often you see dogs that are keen to visit the vet, but at the Norwood Road Veterinary Clinic in south London, they are positively straining at the leash to get in the door. I put it down to bribery and corruption: the nurses at the surgery

Murder accused was ‘covered in blood’, court hears (From Your Local – Wandsworth Guardian
Yesterday, the court heard two dogs were used as “weapons” in the attack. Chrisdian Johnson, 22, Shane Johnson, 20, both of Wyvil Road, Battersea, and Darcy Menezes blood, the other escaped and he had a wounded dog with him.” Mr Altman said when