Just had to check my calendar. No, it’s not April 1st.
So the headline in Pensions Age is genuine- the police are paying pensions to
dogs!
It’s kind of funny, but sad at the same time. Up to £1,500
per dog, it’s actually a subsidy for the pet owners who take the dogs in at the
end of the dogs police career.
At the risk of upsetting pet owners everywhere (and I was
one until a couple of years ago- Wesley, our wonderful Chocolate Labrador), I
can’t see how we can justify pensions for pets. I work in India alongside
charity workers who get less than that a year. And amongst the poorest of the
Dalit community who live on next to nothing.
Punter Southall are quoted in the article, saying ‘retired
Nottinghamshire police dogs will be better provided for by their employers than
many in our society’. It’s a strange world.
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