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A dog owner who gave up her pet for re-homing after postal staff stopped delivering to her street was "devastated" to learn it was put down.</div>
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Royal Mail suspended deliveries to Cardigan Close, West Bromwich, because of concerns the Staffordshire bull terrier rottweiler-cross could attack.</div>
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So Ilona Welch gave her dog - called Shylow - to a council dog warden on the assumption it would be re-settled.</div>
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Sandwell Council said there was no alternative but to kill the dog.</div>
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Miss Welch, who said she only found out about the death after being contacted by the BBC, said: "If I had known that [they were going to kill her] I wouldn't have given her up.</div>
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"She was a perfectly good dog."</div>
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Miss Welch said both Sandwell Council and her landlord had told her she would not be able to keep the four-year-old dog, called Shylow.</div>
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"I had no choice," said the mother-of-four.</div>
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"They said I can't have a dog here that stops the post."</div>
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Royal Mail sent residents a letter last month saying it had taken the "exceptional step" to suspend deliveries due to an "unacceptable level of risk".</div>
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It meant families had to collect their post from a sorting office two miles away in Lyng Lane.</div>
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A Royal Mail spokesman said the dog had behaved aggressively towards its workers on more than one occasion.</div>
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"Following removal of the dog, it was deemed safe to reinstate deliveries," he said.</div>
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Councillor David Hosell, Sandwell Council's cabinet member for highways and environment, said the dog was removed with the owner's permission because of concerns about its temperament.</div>
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"The dog was confirmed to be aggressive and unfortunately there was no alternative but to put it to sleep," he said.</div>
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"We understand Royal Mail has now resumed deliveries to Cardigan Close, as have other delivery companies."</div>
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Woman 'devastated' as post delivery-row dog killed

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