The Law's now in force.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-48510975



It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.

Latest news:-

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-48597254



It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.

Another brave Police Dog:-

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-49124405



It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.

First conviction under Finn's Law.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-49237155



It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.

So no real difference to before ‘Finn’s Law’ was passed

 

5 counts of assaulting a police officer - 4 months for each offence

2 counts of possessing an offensive weapon - 18 months

1 count of causing injury to a service animal - 3 months

 

All sentences to be served concurrently 

 

Causing criminal damage of less than £5,000 has a maximum sentence of 6 months

Finn is still going strong, latest news item about him:-

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-58823324



It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.

Latest news, Finn's hurt himself:-

 

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1518816/teamdogs-supervet-Noel-Fitzpatrick-german-shepherd-police-...



It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.

Poor old Finn isn't having much luck.😍

Police Dog Stanley:-

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61606668



It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.

Latest new about Finn:-

Police dog Finn and owner's bond 'unbreakable' - BBC News



It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.

Sad to say, Police Dog Finn has died:-

'Hero' Hertfordshire police dog Finn dies aged 14 - BBC News



It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.

Sad but it's a good age for a dog. They never live long enough 😞

I meet a few very old dogs at the lake, two are 17 and one's 18.



It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.

We had a couple reached 18/ 19. Garry, a Jack Russell and Dan , a toy poodle, but the bigger dogs, and we had dozens of them, tended not to get past 15. 

Good ages those, my dogs over the years have only been 7, 14, 10 (a few) and 12. It's 8 years since I last had a dog.



It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.

We did have our tragedies. Kep died of bone cancer aged 2 1/2,  Luna of cancer aged 8, Risga run over in the farm yard by a lost tourist, aged 5, 😭 , Molly, a collie ran over a cliff chasing a sheep..she ignored the FiL whistling her back. She was 5 . Tessie was 3 when she was trapped by the Forestry Commission worker who decided it was a good idea to put a fox trap in the shared boundary fence. We had 5000 acres, so the dogs were free range . We didn't expect an illegal trap from the FC. 

Goodness me, you've sure had some tragedies, poor dogs.

Did that land include hill land and/or moorland?



It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.

Yes. Up in the Highlands. No arable if that's what you mean. Acres to the sheep, not sheep to the acre. Yes, tragedies, though over some decades. Still brings tears to my eyes , some of them. 

😧.............................................

Petal

I watched a very old episode of Road Wars and guess who was making an appearance?

 

Yep, you guessed it, Police Dog Finn. That was before his injuries. He looked young and keen.



It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.