It’s like they’ve slipped into another realm of reality…
The Victorian government could again toughen laws against dangerous dogs, after a court overturned the decision to put down two animals deemed to be pit bull terriers.
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The Supreme Court of Victoria in November ruled in favour of two people whose dogs had been deemed pit bulls by local councils and were due to be put down.The court found the dogs did not meet the definition of the breed as described in the legislation.
Mr Baillieu on Sunday said his government would look at amending current laws.
“There is no place for dangerous dogs in Victoria,” he told reporters in Melbourne.
“If we have to change legislation, we will change it.
“We remained determined to get these dogs off the streets, get these dogs out of our lives and get these dogs out of Victoria.”
‘These dogs’ are people’s pets. Dogs who’ve not done anything wrong. Like Bear and Kooda (who are now dead – thanks Ted)…
Councils have been unable to determine – in a manner that can be defended in court – the heritage and breed of a dog by visual identification.
So what could the Victorian government possibly do to make these laws an inescapable net, weighing the legislation so far in the council’s favour that they cannot. possibly. lose.
…. establishing that a dog is a restricted breed should lie with its owners and not authorities.
Yup. That should do it.
Yep. That’s what morons do. Dig their heels in and refuse to address reality. Leave our poor, innocent dogs alone!
Never moving to Victoria… and will keep voting in Clover Moore in Sydney – she has 2 staffies, and wouldn’t allow this sort of stupid law to even be tabled in NSW…
Under Vic laws, my 13 year old crossbreed would be condemned to death because of what she looks like… not because in 13 years she’s never even so much as looked at a fly sideways…
There is truth in the saying that common sense is a thing of the past.