Yet Another Dog Attack

The Wanganui District Council has let yet another dangerous dog loose on the community. Three strapping young policemen doing their job couldn’t contain the dog and one was extremely badly hurt. The Courts refused to put the dog ( a pitbull) down but fined the owner and at a subsequent hearing of the dangerous dog qualification the hearings committee rescinded the dangerous dog qualification and left the dog as menacing. The fallout of this stupid decision has been immense but at the end of the day there are now two very dangerous dogs in our midst. It really boils down to the fact that Council officers are not doing their job- this dog could have been put down at the time of the attack and the action would have been well within New Zealand law. The other point of concern is that the owner of this acknowledged menacing dog has been receiving a good owner rebate – has the world gone mad.
Links:Neither court nor council ruled the dog dangerous

Two rulings, same outcome … the dog is still alive

Laws promises changes to council’s handling of dangerous dog cases

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