DOG ATTACKS WOMAN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22000, 5 January 1935, Page 10

DOG ATTACKS WOMAN

ALSATIAN BILL RECALLED LEGISLATION DEFERRED The savage attack by an Alsatian dog upon a woman at Panmure recalls the effort made by tho Hon. C. J. Carrington, M.L.C., in Parliament last year to prevent the perpetuation of this type of animal. The Alsatian Does Bill was introduced into the Legislative Council by Mr. Carrington, but it wassubject to several amendments there before it wgs finally transmitted to the House of Representatives!

The bill, as passed by the Council, made it an offence for a person to permit an Alsatian doe to go at large iu any public place, whether with a registered collar affixed to it or not, without being muzzled in a manner to prevent the animal from causing injury by biting. For such an offence an owner was made liable to a fine not exceeding £lO, and provision was made for any such dog found at large to be seized and killed by any constable.

Further, no person after three months of the passing of the legislation was permitted, without the consent of the Minister of Internal Affairs, to introduce or import into New Zealand any dog of the Alsatian wolf-hound species. Every person who offended against this section was to be made liable to a fine of £2OO, or imprisonment for six months. The legislation was to apply to female as well as to male dogs. The bill was received in the House of Representatives and read a first time. The next reference made to it was when the Prime Minister, Mr. Forbes, in reply to an inquiry by Mr. J. A. Lee, said the question of Alsatian dogs would receive consideration when the more urgent business before the House had been disposed of. Although the bill remained on the Order Paper, it had not made a reappearance when the House adjourned until next month.