The proprietor of the offending canine is going through prices with a most penalty of $40,000
The proprietor of a canine that injured a pregnant girl and her canine, in the end resulting in the animal’s demise, is going through 4 prices underneath two metropolis bylaws.
“The incident, which occurred on Sept. 17, concerned two dogs operating unfastened,” stated a City of Calgary assertion on Wednesday. Only one of many unfastened dogs was discovered to be chargeable for the accidents to the sufferer’s canine.
The canine’s proprietor is now going through 4 prices with a most penalty of $40,000 underneath town’s bylaws coping with animals inflicting demise to different animals and animals inflicting harm to people, together with two counts of “animal operating at massive.”
“We acknowledge the gravity of the state of affairs and are dedicated to upholding public security and accountable pet possession,” stated Damian Cole, town’s deputy chief of neighborhood security.
Offending dogs are allowed to stay with their proprietor with strict circumstances, underneath the Responsible Pet Ownership bylaw. The metropolis added that an software to designate the canine as vicious is now being thought of.
