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Keighley solicitor rescues girl in Bradford dog terror


A mum has spoken of her terror as she fought to stop her eight-year-old daughter being mauled by a vicious loose Rottweiler in Bradford.

Shabana Kousar said she thought her daughter Seher was going to be killed in the attack, which saw a passing solicitor help to fight off the dog.

The child’s father, Amrez Akhtar, 30, said Mrs Kousar and Seher had been walking home from visiting family when they were cornered by the dog, which had been running free along Barkerend Road.

He said: “When they saw the dog they went behind a car to avoid it, but it followed them.

“The dog went straight for Seher and she started screaming. It bit her on the leg, which her mum didn’t realise at first. She was telling Seher to run away, but she couldn’t get up.”

Mrs Kousar, 32, of Browning Street, Barkerend, said she grabbed the dog and struggled with it for 20 minutes but was unable to free her daughter until two men stopped to help.

She was bitten on her arm as she tried to keep the dog at bay.

She said: “It was so scary, I can’t sleep, I close my eyes and all I can see is the dog’s face.

“I thought I was going to lose my daughter.”

Seher, a pupil at Byron Primary School, spent more than a week at Bradford Royal Infirmary undergoing surgery and has been left with a permanent scar.

Mr Akhtar said two passers-by stopped their car to help his daughter and wife.

“A man held him and another man got some rope and tied the dog up,” he said. “We are quite relieved to find the dog has been destroyed. I will be more relieved when the owner is found.”

Keighley solicitor Mohammed Hussain was one of those who leapt in to help. He said: “I was driving down Barkerend Road and I could hear screaming. I initially thought someone was beating up a woman. I looked across and a woman was lying on the floor. I looked closer and saw the dog was mauling something.

“By this time the dog was holding the child and was shaking her around like she was a toy.

“There were some men standing about and no-one was intervening.

“I thought if I didn’t intervene the child would end up dead.”

Mr Hussain, who owns Mohammed Hussain Solicitors, in Henry Street, said he hit the dog three times, on the neck, the head and the nose, before it let go of the girl. He was helped by a man who cut some washing line to tie the dog up before the police arrived.

Mr Hussain has been to visit Seher in hospital to see how she was recovering.

“At the time the adrenaline was running,” he said. “I have got an eight-year-old daughter of my own. The little girl was so brave. I thought, ‘there by the grace of God’.

“It was quite an experience for me.”

Mr Akhtar said the family has been badly affected by the attack: “As soon as it gets dark my daughter wants all the lights on and she doesn’t want to go out now. Her mother is getting flashbacks.”

Mrs Kousar said: “These sorts of dogs should always have someone with them or a muzzle over their face so if they run away they can’t attack a child. Thank God those men were there to help.”

Police are now appealing for the owner of the dog, which, the family was told, has been destroyed, to come forward.

Anyone who has any information about the incident, which happened in Barkerend Road, on February 6, at 5.45pm, is asked to contact the police, who are particularly keen to trace the dog’s owner.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Sergeant Jon Collins at the Bradford Moor, Bowling and Barkerend Neighbourhood Policing Team on (01274) 376625.

Comments(56)

Bradford 1 says...
8:17am Tue 23 Feb 10

For those men standing about when a girl is getting rip to pieces by a dog....shame on you !!

Up with the partridge says...
8:38am Tue 23 Feb 10

When handguns were deemed a danger to the public because of Dublane and Hungerford, they were banned. This was a shame for the decent law abiding pistol shooters but public good had to come first. It is now time to ban these types of dogs which are only ever kept by inadequate people who see it as a form of protection. BAN THEM NOW!!

Freddy Elliot says...
8:47am Tue 23 Feb 10

Another title for Bradford. Capital City of 'Well Hard Dogs'.

fish'n'chips says...
9:09am Tue 23 Feb 10

Custodial sentences for the owners all big dangerous dogs banned and a huge fine for dog fouling as well.
I live in windhill and it's full of the "chav" dogs like nikitas and staffys you see young kids being dragged around with an 8 stone nikita dog on the lead how the hell can they control a beast like that it's madness.
We call one of the streets in windhill dog sh#t alley because it's so filthy with dog mess i find dog owners quite selfish people who obviously care more about the dog than the rest of society.

Warthog says...
9:37am Tue 23 Feb 10

Nikita.....lol

fish'n'chips says...
9:42am Tue 23 Feb 10

ok akita not nikita the big ugly dogs with their arse on show you know the ones they leave 4lb poos on the pavement and are normally in possetion of tatooed fwits in tracksuits who think it makes them look superhard to own one.....

Joedavid says...
10:04am Tue 23 Feb 10

*“There were some men standing about and no-one was intervening.
“I thought if I didn’t intervene the child would end up dead.”
*
Allmost beyond belief that these men just stood there.

Duke of Odsal says...
10:26am Tue 23 Feb 10

Right - lets get one thing absolutely clear. There is little point in banning any breed. The responsibility for control rests with the owner - any dog can be dangerous no matter what size or breed. The laws exist to deal with bad owners and clearly anyone who either lets a dog roam free or allows a child to walk a large dog would fall into that category. The problem is that without the desire or resources to be dealt with, we have to wait for a tragedy like this before it becomes an issue. I would be happy to pay a licence if that money went directly into policing dog ownership and dealing with strays, but sadly all it would be is another tax on the responsible amongst us.

mad matt says...
10:34am Tue 23 Feb 10

Whatever happened to the common sense that prevailed years ago - if you wanted to have a dog you had to get a licence which cost 7/6d and the dog had to wear a collar with an address tag on it.
Most of the larger rottweiler type dogs seem to be owned by idiots and drug dealers, so they wouldn't take any notice of the law anyway. Needless to say, there are a lot of the larger dogs in Manningham!

ratherhavesun says...
10:36am Tue 23 Feb 10

fish'n'chips wrote:
Custodial sentences for the owners all big dangerous dogs banned and a huge fine for dog fouling as well. I live in windhill and it's full of the "chav" dogs like nikitas and staffys you see young kids being dragged around with an 8 stone nikita dog on the lead how the hell can they control a beast like that it's madness. We call one of the streets in windhill dog sh#t alley because it's so filthy with dog mess i find dog owners quite selfish people who obviously care more about the dog than the rest of society.
Not fair fish'n'chips. Your putting us all in the same category and we're not. I have a huge dog and would never dream of leaving anything behind that it creates. My dog is my responsibility and I think that the people who own these fighting type dogs should be made accountable for what their dogs get up to. We have an akita who is walked near us and the young girl who walks it yells to everyone to stay away as she is unable to control it - what a load of rubbish. It should not be allowed out and certainly not without a muzzle. We need the park rangers to keep a closer eye on them in our local parks.

theanorak says...
11:01am Tue 23 Feb 10

Here's an idea, all dogs must be muzzled in a public area no matter what the breed of dog.

fish'n'chips says...
11:24am Tue 23 Feb 10

ratherhavesun wrote:
fish'n'chips wrote:
Custodial sentences for the owners all big dangerous dogs banned and a huge fine for dog fouling as well. I live in windhill and it's full of the "chav" dogs like nikitas and staffys you see young kids being dragged around with an 8 stone nikita dog on the lead how the hell can they control a beast like that it's madness. We call one of the streets in windhill dog sh#t alley because it's so filthy with dog mess i find dog owners quite selfish people who obviously care more about the dog than the rest of society.
Not fair fish'n'chips. Your putting us all in the same category and we're not. I have a huge dog and would never dream of leaving anything behind that it creates. My dog is my responsibility and I think that the people who own these fighting type dogs should be made accountable for what their dogs get up to. We have an akita who is walked near us and the young girl who walks it yells to everyone to stay away as she is unable to control it - what a load of rubbish. It should not be allowed out and certainly not without a muzzle. We need the park rangers to keep a closer eye on them in our local parks.
I have to go by experience and sadly only a small minority of dog owners seem to do the "right thing"
i have a 79 year old father who likes to walk along the canal he now carries a walking stick after been bitten twice in the last few years the last owner a woman physicaly assulted my father for hitting the dog with his stick after it had bitten the bottom of his trousers and blamed him for the dogs behaviour i ask is this not selfish. I constantly have to look down while i walk down the street to dodge dog mess is this not selfish. The people who let their animals do this just do not care about the law because they know it too well it's light handed and weak nothing bar banning them will work because cash strapped britain just doesn't have the infrastructure to carry out the law.

albion says...
11:43am Tue 23 Feb 10

I hope Seher and indeed her mother recover soon from this dreadful ordeal, I suspect the mental scars will last far longer than the physical ones.
Very well done Mr Hussain! that type of action thoroughly deserves public acclaim.
This is yet another sad example of iresposible dog ownership and iresponsible dog breeding (as a former dog owner, trainer and breeder I fail to see why anyone needs to have certain breeds in certain areas).

Biker71 says...
11:49am Tue 23 Feb 10

Those of you who are dog owners, what do you think of the pistol ban? ( as has already been mentioned )
Somone posted " they were banned for the greater good " yet a pistol never killed anyone, the shooter did.. doesnt the weapons laws protect us as you say the dog laws do?
Large " dangerous " dogs should be banned, no 2 ways about it.. I am fed up to the back teeth of seeing 15 year old chavs with Staffordshire Bull Terriers, and recently the asian gangs seem to have a few with them too, including rottweilers...
They banned pistols as 1 loony went on the rampage, how many kids have to die before these dogs are banned?
And before anyone says it, yes I was a shooter.. But to own my pistols I needed to keep them in locked cabinets that met police and home office standards, the ammunition had to be kept seperate and transportation of the weapons was even stricter and the police could and did visit me at any time to inspect storage and handling.. what checks are there on the owners of killers like Rottweilers and Bull terriers?

bredandbuttered says...
11:59am Tue 23 Feb 10

Well done Mr Hussein, you put your life on the line.

Bradford7 says...
12:18pm Tue 23 Feb 10

Biker71 wrote:
Those of you who are dog owners, what do you think of the pistol ban? ( as has already been mentioned )
Somone posted " they were banned for the greater good " yet a pistol never killed anyone, the shooter did.. doesnt the weapons laws protect us as you say the dog laws do?
Large " dangerous " dogs should be banned, no 2 ways about it.. I am fed up to the back teeth of seeing 15 year old chavs with Staffordshire Bull Terriers, and recently the asian gangs seem to have a few with them too, including rottweilers...
They banned pistols as 1 loony went on the rampage, how many kids have to die before these dogs are banned?
And before anyone says it, yes I was a shooter.. But to own my pistols I needed to keep them in locked cabinets that met police and home office standards, the ammunition had to be kept seperate and transportation of the weapons was even stricter and the police could and did visit me at any time to inspect storage and handling.. what checks are there on the owners of killers like Rottweilers and Bull terriers?
My god welcome to hysteria lane everyone.

I own a cross breed Mastiff/Rottie because I see the dog as my responsibility and train and look after the dog correctly he is well mannered and respectful and amazing with people other dogs and even cats.

When will people understand it is the OWNER NOT THE BREED

I have seen more examples of 'toy dogs' being overtly aggressive as compared to so call killer dogs.

The answer is to make people get a licence to get a dog

My dog weighs in at about 6 - 7 stone and yes he does look intimidating however he walks beautifully on the lead and just gets on with is walk I have to laugh at the chav scum with their staffies/ American Bulldogs/ akitas etc being dragged along the path because they do not even have the slightest concept of how to train a dog

Mekon says...
12:31pm Tue 23 Feb 10

Give cats weapons, they will sort them out.

Iona Cortina says...
12:36pm Tue 23 Feb 10

Another reason why *all* dogs must be destroyed.
.
I really don't see the point of their existence.

Asika says...
12:39pm Tue 23 Feb 10

My worst nightmare, I hate dogs anf this is exactly the reason why. Good to hear it was out down!

spinnekop says...
12:52pm Tue 23 Feb 10

albion wrote:
I hope Seher and indeed her mother recover soon from this dreadful ordeal, I suspect the mental scars will last far longer than the physical ones. Very well done Mr Hussain! that type of action thoroughly deserves public acclaim. This is yet another sad example of iresposible dog ownership and iresponsible dog breeding (as a former dog owner, trainer and breeder I fail to see why anyone needs to have certain breeds in certain areas).
I am sick to the back teeth of this.

A pet is one thing but a nutter dog is another.

Shoot the owners and let the dogs they breed eat them.

Then shoot the 'kin dog

albion says...
12:55pm Tue 23 Feb 10

Iona Cortina wrote:
Another reason why *all* dogs must be destroyed.
.
I really don't see the point of their existence.
I never saw the point of yours, but Iwouldnt go that far.

fish'n'chips says...
1:22pm Tue 23 Feb 10

Bradford7 wrote:
Biker71 wrote:
Those of you who are dog owners, what do you think of the pistol ban? ( as has already been mentioned )
Somone posted " they were banned for the greater good " yet a pistol never killed anyone, the shooter did.. doesnt the weapons laws protect us as you say the dog laws do?
Large " dangerous " dogs should be banned, no 2 ways about it.. I am fed up to the back teeth of seeing 15 year old chavs with Staffordshire Bull Terriers, and recently the asian gangs seem to have a few with them too, including rottweilers...
They banned pistols as 1 loony went on the rampage, how many kids have to die before these dogs are banned?
And before anyone says it, yes I was a shooter.. But to own my pistols I needed to keep them in locked cabinets that met police and home office standards, the ammunition had to be kept seperate and transportation of the weapons was even stricter and the police could and did visit me at any time to inspect storage and handling.. what checks are there on the owners of killers like Rottweilers and Bull terriers?
My god welcome to hysteria lane everyone.

I own a cross breed Mastiff/Rottie because I see the dog as my responsibility and train and look after the dog correctly he is well mannered and respectful and amazing with people other dogs and even cats.

When will people understand it is the OWNER NOT THE BREED

I have seen more examples of 'toy dogs' being overtly aggressive as compared to so call killer dogs.

The answer is to make people get a licence to get a dog

My dog weighs in at about 6 - 7 stone and yes he does look intimidating however he walks beautifully on the lead and just gets on with is walk I have to laugh at the chav scum with their staffies/ American Bulldogs/ akitas etc being dragged along the path because they do not even have the slightest concept of how to train a dog
A toy dogs bite won't do the same as a huge rottie with 7 stone holding you down. There has been articles before about people with their well behaved dogs suddenly out of character killing or maiming young children in the family home or out on the street. it's a wild animal when it comes down to it and you can't guarantee 100% that it would never attack. Why should my 6 year old have to cross the road when somebody comes past with a huge hulk of a dog because it scares him so much ( he got knocked over by a huge dog in the park 2 years back ) why do you need such a big dog other than for security and if thats the case it should be registered like a lethal weapon and treated like so.

bantam87 says...
1:34pm Tue 23 Feb 10

Some of these comments are unbelieveable!! Lets get rid off ALL dogs - get a grip people.
You just cant generalise like that, if I were to say that all Americans are fat and should be shot so we can all enjoy food and that all muslims are terrorists I would be arrested for inciting racial hated.
Not all dogs are vicious - and the end of the day no dog is born like that its how they are treat - it happens the same in the human race aswell hence some of the scum on the streets of Bradford

ErnestPBarroclough says...
1:43pm Tue 23 Feb 10

ooh its the owner not the dog! Maybe, but obviously alot of owners are not capable or do not care, therefore I say, destroy them all, why risk it.

bantam87 says...
1:50pm Tue 23 Feb 10

ErnestPBarroclough wrote:
ooh its the owner not the dog! Maybe, but obviously alot of owners are not capable or do not care, therefore I say, destroy them all, why risk it.
Dont think you quite got my point, if we did that and got rid of every species due a bad few nobody would be left. There would be no dogs, no humans, a cat scratched me once lets kill all them aswell.
Muppet!!

Freddy Elliot says...
1:53pm Tue 23 Feb 10

Agree with the cat culling idea.

ErnestPBarroclough says...
2:00pm Tue 23 Feb 10

bantam87 wrote:
ErnestPBarroclough wrote: ooh its the owner not the dog! Maybe, but obviously alot of owners are not capable or do not care, therefore I say, destroy them all, why risk it.
Dont think you quite got my point, if we did that and got rid of every species due a bad few nobody would be left. There would be no dogs, no humans, a cat scratched me once lets kill all them aswell. Muppet!!
Dont Muppet me you bellend. How often are we hearing about kids getting mauled by these dogs? Something has to be done, the owners cant control them, aslong as they are around it will always happen. I do get your point. Different views.

stansfairy says...
2:01pm Tue 23 Feb 10

never mind putting the dog down! they are voiceless animals, something was obviously bothering the dog that it attacked the little girl and her mom. its so obvious that this dog has been treated bad by whoever has kept it. surley someone will be missing a dog and someone knows the someone whos missing the dog, so fess up ! !!! do the decent thing and shop em or if its you and your reading this , own up ! the longer you leave it and if you get caught i hope they throw the book at you, you irresonsible excuse of a human being !

its not the dogs that need to be put down but the poor excuse of an irresponsible owner!


hope seher and her mom make a full recovery, maybe Rukhsana the little girl mauled by the dog many years ago will be able to help this little girl get over her fears ??? just a thought !

Biker71 says...
2:10pm Tue 23 Feb 10

Bradford7 wrote:
Biker71 wrote:
Those of you who are dog owners, what do you think of the pistol ban? ( as has already been mentioned )
Somone posted " they were banned for the greater good " yet a pistol never killed anyone, the shooter did.. doesnt the weapons laws protect us as you say the dog laws do?
Large " dangerous " dogs should be banned, no 2 ways about it.. I am fed up to the back teeth of seeing 15 year old chavs with Staffordshire Bull Terriers, and recently the asian gangs seem to have a few with them too, including rottweilers...
They banned pistols as 1 loony went on the rampage, how many kids have to die before these dogs are banned?
And before anyone says it, yes I was a shooter.. But to own my pistols I needed to keep them in locked cabinets that met police and home office standards, the ammunition had to be kept seperate and transportation of the weapons was even stricter and the police could and did visit me at any time to inspect storage and handling.. what checks are there on the owners of killers like Rottweilers and Bull terriers?
My god welcome to hysteria lane everyone.

I own a cross breed Mastiff/Rottie because I see the dog as my responsibility and train and look after the dog correctly he is well mannered and respectful and amazing with people other dogs and even cats.

When will people understand it is the OWNER NOT THE BREED

I have seen more examples of 'toy dogs' being overtly aggressive as compared to so call killer dogs.

The answer is to make people get a licence to get a dog

My dog weighs in at about 6 - 7 stone and yes he does look intimidating however he walks beautifully on the lead and just gets on with is walk I have to laugh at the chav scum with their staffies/ American Bulldogs/ akitas etc being dragged along the path because they do not even have the slightest concept of how to train a dog
Way to completely miss my point.. and its me thats hysterical?

What I was getting at was what you said.. Hand guns were banned through a knee jerk reaction yet dangerous dogs are allowed to roam the streets, you say you shouldnt be penalised for the actions of a minority yet us hangun shooters were and noone sees us as the victims.

Suck up the criticism, when in the sh*t keep your mouth shut and it might just blow over... the louder people shout for these dogs to be allowed to stay, the louder the anti-dog brigade will shout and who has the moral high ground do you think?

For the record I'm not anti-dog, just anti fighting dogs, they serve no purpose except for men with small genitals to feel big.

bantam87 says...
2:11pm Tue 23 Feb 10

ErnestPBarroclough wrote:
bantam87 wrote:
ErnestPBarroclough wrote: ooh its the owner not the dog! Maybe, but obviously alot of owners are not capable or do not care, therefore I say, destroy them all, why risk it.
Dont think you quite got my point, if we did that and got rid of every species due a bad few nobody would be left. There would be no dogs, no humans, a cat scratched me once lets kill all them aswell. Muppet!!
Dont Muppet me you bellend. How often are we hearing about kids getting mauled by these dogs? Something has to be done, the owners cant control them, aslong as they are around it will always happen. I do get your point. Different views.
Touchy touchy, You dont hear it that much actually or else something probably would be done, I accept is a different opionion but I just cant see how murdering ALL dogs would help the situation.
Bet you never thought of the blind in your mass killing spree did you?? Do you just expect them to walk into things all the time??

zippy25 says...
2:23pm Tue 23 Feb 10

Iona Cortina wrote:
Another reason why *all* dogs must be destroyed. . I really don't see the point of their existence.
Why do you always come out with such stupid comments ,Thinking of this poor little girl and her mum hope the little girl gets well soon,Thanks to mr Hussain .And Shame on the men who stud and watched !!

Iona Cortina says...
2:52pm Tue 23 Feb 10

zippy25 wrote:
Iona Cortina wrote:
Another reason why *all* dogs must be destroyed. . I really don't see the point of their existence.
Why do you always come out with such stupid comments ,Thinking of this poor little girl and her mum hope the little girl gets well soon,Thanks to mr Hussain .And Shame on the men who stud and watched !!
I agree with the last part of your post, but disagree with the first (part).

Joedavid says...
3:01pm Tue 23 Feb 10

Bradford7 wrote:
Biker71 wrote: Those of you who are dog owners, what do you think of the pistol ban? ( as has already been mentioned ) Somone posted " they were banned for the greater good " yet a pistol never killed anyone, the shooter did.. doesnt the weapons laws protect us as you say the dog laws do? Large " dangerous " dogs should be banned, no 2 ways about it.. I am fed up to the back teeth of seeing 15 year old chavs with Staffordshire Bull Terriers, and recently the asian gangs seem to have a few with them too, including rottweilers... They banned pistols as 1 loony went on the rampage, how many kids have to die before these dogs are banned? And before anyone says it, yes I was a shooter.. But to own my pistols I needed to keep them in locked cabinets that met police and home office standards, the ammunition had to be kept seperate and transportation of the weapons was even stricter and the police could and did visit me at any time to inspect storage and handling.. what checks are there on the owners of killers like Rottweilers and Bull terriers?
My god welcome to hysteria lane everyone. I own a cross breed Mastiff/Rottie because I see the dog as my responsibility and train and look after the dog correctly he is well mannered and respectful and amazing with people other dogs and even cats. When will people understand it is the OWNER NOT THE BREED I have seen more examples of 'toy dogs' being overtly aggressive as compared to so call killer dogs. The answer is to make people get a licence to get a dog My dog weighs in at about 6 - 7 stone and yes he does look intimidating however he walks beautifully on the lead and just gets on with is walk I have to laugh at the chav scum with their staffies/ American Bulldogs/ akitas etc being dragged along the path because they do not even have the slightest concept of how to train a dog
This dog was out without the owner, can you be sure yours will never, never get out without you knowing?

cheeky1 says...
3:15pm Tue 23 Feb 10

Hey!my dogs called Muppet! and she is not a fighting chavie dog!She is a heinz 57!Well trained and a pleasure to take for a walk!
Poor dogs it's the people that own them that make them horrible!After all dogs became domesicated so they could live aong side us!And what do we do...make them into a designer statement...chavs have big dogs and clebs have little ones!
Oh, and bye the way I have a cat to and he is well armed!with 20 flick knives!

Leighann says...
3:18pm Tue 23 Feb 10

I do hope the little girl recovers from her ordeal. The owners of the dog if they are ever found should be named and shamed and the dog destroyed.

I have a dog and think that it is the owners responsibility to control their dog even if this means mussling them in public. A dog can act and look soft but any dog can turn without a moments notice. I have a dalmatian and when I am walking him it is amazing how many children come up and just pounce to stroke him and I feel uneasy about this, I was always brought up to ask your parents before you stroke a dog.

I don't like dogs apart from family & friends and if I see a dog wondering out by itself I would rather cross the road than walk near it.

Iona Cortina says...
5:35pm Tue 23 Feb 10

Anyone know what happened to that 'bomb scare' story ?

tornshaunton says...
6:30pm Tue 23 Feb 10

Iona Cortina wrote:
Anyone know what happened to that 'bomb scare' story ?
a large dog scared it away.

puddingandpi says...
6:51pm Tue 23 Feb 10

I see no reason for all dogs not to be licensed, micro-chipped & registered. If you sell a dog, you must be able to prove it has the correct documentation.
All horses now have to have a passport & be micro-chipped. It's like a car, when you buy one, you get the log-book - essentially a passport. It is do-able, but we'd have to harden our hearts to put down the dogs no-one wanted.

BD16 says...
7:56pm Tue 23 Feb 10

Bradford7 wrote:
Biker71 wrote: Those of you who are dog owners, what do you think of the pistol ban? ( as has already been mentioned ) Somone posted " they were banned for the greater good " yet a pistol never killed anyone, the shooter did.. doesnt the weapons laws protect us as you say the dog laws do? Large " dangerous " dogs should be banned, no 2 ways about it.. I am fed up to the back teeth of seeing 15 year old chavs with Staffordshire Bull Terriers, and recently the asian gangs seem to have a few with them too, including rottweilers... They banned pistols as 1 loony went on the rampage, how many kids have to die before these dogs are banned? And before anyone says it, yes I was a shooter.. But to own my pistols I needed to keep them in locked cabinets that met police and home office standards, the ammunition had to be kept seperate and transportation of the weapons was even stricter and the police could and did visit me at any time to inspect storage and handling.. what checks are there on the owners of killers like Rottweilers and Bull terriers?
My god welcome to hysteria lane everyone. I own a cross breed Mastiff/Rottie because I see the dog as my responsibility and train and look after the dog correctly he is well mannered and respectful and amazing with people other dogs and even cats. When will people understand it is the OWNER NOT THE BREED I have seen more examples of 'toy dogs' being overtly aggressive as compared to so call killer dogs. The answer is to make people get a licence to get a dog My dog weighs in at about 6 - 7 stone and yes he does look intimidating however he walks beautifully on the lead and just gets on with is walk I have to laugh at the chav scum with their staffies/ American Bulldogs/ akitas etc being dragged along the path because they do not even have the slightest concept of how to train a dog
Sorry Bradford7 but I have to take excepion with some of the things you say.
Every time we hear one of these stories and the owners are traced we get the same old "It's never shown any sign of aggression before" or some such nonsense. I am sure you are a well meaning and responsible owner, but lets be honest, we have more than enough numptys in this country to outweigh the decent folk.
I am not anti dog, far from it, but we do need to have some stricter form of control to prevent these things happening.
Best wishes to Shabana and Seher and thanks to the man who stopped to help.

birday says...
8:13pm Tue 23 Feb 10

spinnekop wrote:
albion wrote: I hope Seher and indeed her mother recover soon from this dreadful ordeal, I suspect the mental scars will last far longer than the physical ones. Very well done Mr Hussain! that type of action thoroughly deserves public acclaim. This is yet another sad example of iresposible dog ownership and iresponsible dog breeding (as a former dog owner, trainer and breeder I fail to see why anyone needs to have certain breeds in certain areas).
I am sick to the back teeth of this. A pet is one thing but a nutter dog is another. Shoot the owners and let the dogs they breed eat them. Then shoot the 'kin dog
Thank you for making me laugh - but on a serious note the dog situation is out of hand in Bradford, there'll be more incidents like this as no one's doing anything about it. I'm not shocked by your suggestion - the situation is making me think the same way.

I'm so sad for this little girl and her mum they must have been absolutely pertrified! It's terrible!!

birday says...
8:15pm Tue 23 Feb 10

Iona Cortina wrote:
Another reason why *all* dogs must be destroyed. . I really don't see the point of their existence.
For some people pet dogs (not wild/dangerous dogs) are great company!

Iona Cortina says...
9:00pm Tue 23 Feb 10

birday wrote:
Iona Cortina wrote:
Another reason why *all* dogs must be destroyed. . I really don't see the point of their existence.
For some people pet dogs (not wild/dangerous dogs) are great company!
Nevertheless, *all* dogs should either be put down, or shipped to Australia.

Welcome To The New World Order says...
9:00pm Tue 23 Feb 10

If it happened on Feb. 6th why has it only just been reported?

Welcome To The New World Order says...
9:05pm Tue 23 Feb 10

Iona Cortina wrote:
birday wrote:
Iona Cortina wrote:
Another reason why *all* dogs must be destroyed. . I really don't see the point of their existence.
For some people pet dogs (not wild/dangerous dogs) are great company!
Nevertheless, *all* dogs should either be put down, or shipped to Australia.
It's people that should be destroyed or shipped to Australia, not animals.

Iona Cortina says...
9:12pm Tue 23 Feb 10

Welcome To The New World Order wrote:
Iona Cortina wrote:
birday wrote:
Iona Cortina wrote:
Another reason why *all* dogs must be destroyed. . I really don't see the point of their existence.
For some people pet dogs (not wild/dangerous dogs) are great company!
Nevertheless, *all* dogs should either be put down, or shipped to Australia.
It's people that should be destroyed or shipped to Australia, not animals.
Don't be silly, please.

Welcome To The New World Order says...
9:22pm Tue 23 Feb 10

Iona Cortina wrote:
Welcome To The New World Order wrote:
Iona Cortina wrote:
birday wrote:
Iona Cortina wrote:
Another reason why *all* dogs must be destroyed. . I really don't see the point of their existence.
For some people pet dogs (not wild/dangerous dogs) are great company!
Nevertheless, *all* dogs should either be put down, or shipped to Australia.
It's people that should be destroyed or shipped to Australia, not animals.
Don't be silly, please.
You started it.

Wikidi says...
11:27pm Tue 23 Feb 10

If dangerous dogs like these are not completely finished off then it would be better to remove their teeth.

zippy25 says...
12:50am Wed 24 Feb 10

Iona Cortina wrote:
birday wrote:
Iona Cortina wrote: Another reason why *all* dogs must be destroyed. . I really don't see the point of their existence.
For some people pet dogs (not wild/dangerous dogs) are great company!
Nevertheless, *all* dogs should either be put down, or shipped to Australia.
My dog as got more brains than you will ever had dont talk so stupid you sound one horrible person !!

d-luded says...
1:01am Wed 24 Feb 10

They shouldn't have played hide and seek tormenting the dog.

Freddy Elliot says...
8:46am Wed 24 Feb 10

Iona Cortina wrote:
Anyone know what happened to that 'bomb scare' story ?
The bombers saw the Westfield site & thought one had gone off already.

Ding Dong Diddly Dias says...
1:28pm Wed 24 Feb 10

Quality :)

kirbz85 says...
2:13pm Wed 24 Feb 10

I feel so sorry for this little girl & her family, its terrible. My mum was attacked a few years back by our own Dog who was a Labrador and known for been a "killer Dog" but he caused lots of damage and we had to put him down, we were told he was poorly and had a fit which caused him to attack but some dogs are trained to be "killer dogs" and this is wrong. A friend of mine was attacked recently in her own kitcehn when a dog came through her back door and attacked her whilst her children were in the house, its got to the point now where we cant be safe with our back doors open its ridiculous. I do feel sorry for the dogs in some cases as well who wants an owner who is going to treat them like a piece of dirt and train them to be killing machines, they get put down and destroyed for doing what they think is right because that's how they have been trained by these stupid excuses for human beings, think the owner should be put down as well!!!!!!

Steampig says...
4:21pm Wed 24 Feb 10

Iona Cortina wrote:
Another reason why *all* dogs must be destroyed. . I really don't see the point of their existence.
do you ever have anything sensible to say about ANYTHING? you really do post utter rubbish on almost any subject i have the misfortune to see your comments on.
what a ridiculous comment from somebody who talks more Sh1t than any dog makes !
It is the owners fault, I own two large dogs that are well behaved and trained. Certain people are not fit to own dogs and i think they are mentioned above!

Welcome To The New World Order says...
5:49pm Wed 24 Feb 10

It's clearly not the dog's fault, it is the irresponsible owners. Some people are just idiots, plain fact, and shouldn't be allowed to own pets or to have children. Identify who these people are and micro-chip them.

richmondbull says...
1:42pm Sat 27 Feb 10

Iona Cortina wrote:
Another reason why *all* dogs must be destroyed. . I really don't see the point of their existence.
i dont see the reason for your existance, parasitic rat!!please feel free to leave these shores!

kadyleigh says...
10:56pm Sat 27 Feb 10

It is awful what has happened to this poor girl and her mother but im sick to death of people talking about staffies, rotties and akitas. This does not mean that every breed of these dogs is a dangerous animal. Its the owners who mistreat them and leave them locked up outside and have them for protection that need putting down. I got bit by a jack russell when i was younger and that didnt make me think that all jack russells were evil and needed banning!!


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