Racing dogs isn’t illegal, you grumble! It is when you’re chasing one across an open field in your car, intent on running the blighter over.

Anyway, the Guardia Civil weren’t impressed because they arrested the driver, even though the dog appears to have given him the slip in the churned dust. At least, they haven’t found the carcass of a dog with Goodyear stamped all over it.

Now, this incident actually took place around the middle of September in the metropolitan area of Granada, on farmland. Somebody kindly sent the Green Meanies a video taken with a mobile phone of the chase, which had it been in the Serengeti instead of just outside Granada, looked pretty much like a cheetah chasing a gazelle, a-la-David Attenborough documentary… except, the pursuer wasn’t a cheetah but a 64-year-old bod in a 4×4.

The dog, as the vehicle closed each time, did a  handbrake turn and eluded the driver, shooting off in a different direction, leaving the driver wrestling with the gears and steeringwheel to get back on track.

It was the Seprona lads stationed in Láchar that carried out the investigation, sitting around the computer screen, scoffing popcorn, no doubt, examining almost every frame to catch some detail. Fighting off the temptation to switch to a spot of porn, they finally got the car registration number and thus, the identity of the driver.

Even though there is no corpus delicti; i.e., a rearranged canine in dead mode, he has still been charged with animal cruelty and been derided for his lack of driving skills… which is only fair.

We have included a QR link to the Ideal video – no guarantees that it will work.

(News: Láchar, Vega, Granada, Andalucia)

Keywords: Chasing, Dog, 4×4, Field, Driver, Animal Cruelty

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