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VIDEO: Animal control officers attempt to seize B.C. senior’s leashed dog

Witness upset, records video showing animal control officer pulling the leash of 82-year-old’s dog
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Animal control officers in Victoria told a man they were seizing his dog as it was leashed at the time. The man previously had the dog off-leash, but said he re-leashed her immediately upon being requested to do so. (Courtesy of Leda Shields/Instagram)

Colin Kingsford takes his dog Sydney for a walk around the block almost daily but he would have never expected to have his puppy almost seized from him.

That happened on Wednesday (Feb. 7) as animal control officers – including one who grabbed the dog’s leash – said they were going to seize the pet even though Sydney was leashed at the time.

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