A woman who bit a dog and a man who tried to force open a barrier using his pet as a shield are just two of the shocking cases of animal cruelty reported on London’s rail network, the Standard can reveal.

The allegations, revealed after a Freedom of Information request to British Transport Police, also include a man who threw his pet at a wall “with a lot of force”.

Reported by the Evening Standard. You can read the full story here. 

Matthew Burgess
http://www.mattburgess.co
I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.