Australia to jail lazy dog owners
15 years, 3 months ago

Australia to jail lazy dog owners

The Hindu  

Walk your dog every day or go to jail: that is the import of draft legislation that Australia’s leading animal rights campaigner wants the government to adopt. “The new standards would be regulatory; therefore a breach of the standards is a breach of the law.” Mr. Wirth is one of four experts appointed to draw up a national code of pet ownership. Time in jail would likely be reserved for people “who chain their animals up or pen their animals for days and week and months at a time with absolutely no exercise,” Mr. Wirth said. “There are hundreds, maybe thousands, of elderly people who are unable to take their pets for a walk — they have enough trouble getting around themselves,” she said.

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