STRAY DOGS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 910, 1 September 1910, Page 8

STRAY DOGS

1 Eecesily-:;lir,:''^ieli,;rMt^ :: 'for!'Otaki/ asked'.'the /Government-whether . they this session, 'bring , doy.ti' admeasure,, giving effect to the following resolution passed by. thei Hoipwhenua County/Council :at its last' meeting:—"That,: owing to :the',;heavy.i losses/':sustained-,;by: ;:sheep iOwners by.".the;depredations of stray ;dogs, 'thiscouncil..,calls':,upon.''the. Government, to. amend Hhe'vlhw: ■dealing-, with;,the-, registration 'of ■ dogs by 'malqrig it. an ; of-. ; fence t6.:allo'w:,'any'•'dog I '.-to."be'.at large, Pi , : in any- : publio :> plaoe' without wearing a ifagistered collar and 'badge '■ of ihe,, current year';'an'd'also , ; that the, power to re- ; gister.dogs be- , vested 'in : .county and borough' councils,only.". It frequently- happened that , sheep [succeeded 'in destroying dogs wnibh,had'conimitted havoc: among, their/sheep, but were '■ prevented .'from , pursuing; their, remedy .for'..the reicoyery of:damages .by reaspn.pf .theirnot being'ableto prove "the ownership of.such: dOgS. "■■' ■'■ : .\,l:: 4,i,i -'■■■■ T-.V ,, '•'-■'/■'■ •■"•'■■■■■'•' ''■■■ .;tlie:;Prime .lliriister.,'."stated, .■yesterday' that proposed' ■ to': 'amend ', the "Dogs' Registration. Act- this session.. It was considered,'impracticable to'carry out the first proposalcontained in ,the.resolution passed ,by.:the - Horowhenua County Counoil. AVith regard to the .suggestion that .to,register dogs be '} vested in coiifity '-and"borough councils ■'•■■ only i. this wo'iild '■ receive' ..consideration', whenever the. Act'was being ame'ndedVh: :; :. ■.- '■!;';'. .•,■'./ '■'•:.' : i. '".■'■:,'■■'■;■ ■. ■