A GOOD Samaritan who tried to help a stray dog was told by police to "keep it or let it go".

Jorell Pawley, 24, lives on Cressex Road, High Wycombe, and found the pooch wandering around close to the busy highway.

He called Stokenchurch Dog Rescue but couldn't get an answer so he took the hound to High Wycombe police station on Sunday night, only to find it was closed.

His grandma Jean Windsor, 79, of Field Road, Booker, was outraged to hear that the police didn't wish to intervene.

She said: "When he Jorell finally got in touch with the police they said you have two options let it go or keep it.

"That was not helpful at all especially when we are so close to the motorway and the busy Cressex Road."

After taking care of the dog for a few hours Jorell went back to the police only to be told to either keep it or let it go again.

She said: "They her grandson and a friend took it down to the vet to see if it was identifiable.

"The chip in the dog showed she was called Megan and lived in Reading.

"I thought it might have been a dog-napping case or it might have got away.

"We just didn't know."

The emergency dog-carers later discovered the dog hadn't come far, the family had just moved to the area from Reading.

After some detective work of his own Jorell decided to reunite Megan with her owners rather than let her wander the streets of Wycombe.

Chris Knibb, a spokesman for Thames Valley Police, said: "The policy differs from station to station.

"Some stations have the facilities to deal with stray dogs but it really is a council matter.

"The man should have been told to take the dog to the council.

"The council provides the dog wardens."