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| Police seize 80 'dangerous' dogs | Police seize 80 'dangerous' dogs |
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| Eighty illegally-held dogs have been seized by Merseyside police during a dangerous dogs amnesty. | Eighty illegally-held dogs have been seized by Merseyside police during a dangerous dogs amnesty. |
| Nine of the animals will be subject to a court decision on their future. In all police received 430 enquiries during the week-long initiative. | Nine of the animals will be subject to a court decision on their future. In all police received 430 enquiries during the week-long initiative. |
| It was launched to give owners of illegal dog breeds the opportunity to hand in their pets without being prosecuted. | It was launched to give owners of illegal dog breeds the opportunity to hand in their pets without being prosecuted. |
| Owners of banned dogs have until midnight to hand them over. | Owners of banned dogs have until midnight to hand them over. |
| The amnesty covers pit bull terriers, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino and Fila Brazileiro breeds, which are banned under the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act. | The amnesty covers pit bull terriers, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino and Fila Brazileiro breeds, which are banned under the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act. |
| If owners choose not to hand them over voluntarily by the time the amnesty ends they will have their animals seized and could also face a £5,000 fine and six months imprisonment. | If owners choose not to hand them over voluntarily by the time the amnesty ends they will have their animals seized and could also face a £5,000 fine and six months imprisonment. |
| The amnesty follows the death of five-year-old Ellie Lawrenson, who was fatally mauled by a dog on New Year's Day. | |
| Ellie was killed by her uncle's pit bull terrier at her grandmother's house in St Helens. He was questioned over the attack but not arrested. |