Posties plea to dog owners

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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Dog-owners have been urged to keep their animals under control during the school holidays to tackle the "unacceptably high" number of attacks on postal workers. The Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union warned that attacks usually increase in the summer months, placing postmen and women in danger of injury.


Nationally there were 3,100 attacks in the year to April, down by 14% on the previous year following a £100,000 awareness campaign by the Royal Mail, which will be stepped up in the autumn in areas across the country including Huddersfield.

Even just being threatened by an unrestrained pet is a frightening situation for our delivery staff and we would appeal to owners to keep their pets under control."

– IAN STOCKDALE. ROYAL MAIL
The age-old image of the dog attacking the postman is not a laughing matter. Thousands of our members are bitten every year and hundreds suffer debilitating injuries which leave them with physical and psychological scarring.

– DAVE JOYCE. COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS UNION
The Royal Mail have released the latest figures of dog attacks on their workers in the major cities and towns in our region:

Bradford postcode area – 19 attacks in April 2011 0 April 2012 – same number as the previous year

Harrogate postcode area – 5 arracks in 2011/12 – down 58% on the previous year

Hull postcode area – 18 attacks in 2011/2012 – same as the previous year

Halifax postcode area – 8 attacks in 2011/2012 – up 62% on the previous year

Huddersfield postcode area – 18 attacks in 2011/2012 – same as the year before

Lincolnshire postcode area – 31 attacks in 2011/2012 – down 6%

Leeds postcode area – 28 attacks in 2011/2012 – down 42%on the previous year

Sheffield postcode area – 110 attacks in 2011/2012 – up 1% on the previous year

York postcode area – 59 attacks in 2011/2012 – down 25% on the previous year

Wakefield postcode area – 45 attacks in 2011/2012 – up 9% on the previous year

[TrueBlueTerrier]

In fact this is a busy subject today:

Rise in attacks by dogs on postmen http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Rise- ... story.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; This Is Nottingham

Campaign to keep posties safe http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/update ... ties-safe/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - ITV News

Royal Mail hands out plastic tongs to stop posties being bitten http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/Royal ... story.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; This Is Derbyshire

Postal union condemns dog attacks on workers http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Postal- ... story.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; This Is Cornwall

Royal Mail urges dog owners to keep their animals under control - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho ... 56009.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The Independent

Royal Mail’s plea to stop dogs attacking postmen after 62 per cent rise in assaults in Halifax http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/lo ... -1-4747791" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Halifax Courier

18 postmen attacked by dogs in 12 months in Huddersfield area http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-we ... -31416208/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Huddersfield Examiner

Dangerous dogs awareness push for school summer holidays http://www.cwu.org/news/archive/dangero ... 4.facebook" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; CWU

Dog attacks on post staff unacceptably high - Royal Mail http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-18877536" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; BBC News

Safety appeal to local dog owners http://www.donsidepiper.co.uk/news/loca ... -1-2414614" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Donside Piper

Postie left scarred by dog attack http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Postie- ... story.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; This is Plymouth

[brothermagrew]

And yet this highly publicised campaign failed to take into account that Scottish schools have already been closed for over a fortnight.

[DGP1]

And yet this highly publicised campaign failed to take into account that Scottish schools have already been closed for over a fortnight.

Same over here, finish last week of June.