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Animals.

398 Sect.

By

2.

Statute.

Prevention of cattle

"Where a dog is proved to have injured cattle or chased sheep, it be dealt with as a "dangerous dog" (r). The power of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to make orders with a view to prevent the worrying of cattle is dealt with below (s).

may

worrying.

Sub-Sect. Seizure of stray dogs.

2.

Stray Dogs.

860. A police officer may seize and detain (till the owner has claimed it and paid all expenses incurred by its detention) any dog found in a highway or place of public resort which he has reason to If the dog wears a collar with an address on believe is a stray dog. it, or the owner of the dop: is known, the police must serve a notice in writing stating that the dog has been seized, and is liable to be sold or destroyed if not claimed within seven clear days after the service After seven clear days, if the owner has not of such notice {t). claimed the dog and paid all expenses, the dog may be sold, or destroyed in a manner to cause as little pain as possible. No dog so seized may be given or sold for the purposes of vivisection.

Register of

dogs seized.

Expenses incurred by ipolice.

Duty

of

person finding stray dog.

The police must keep a register of all dogs so seized which are not transferred to an establishment for the reception of stray dogs, and must not transfer dogs to such an establishment unless a similar The register is to contain a brief description register is kept there. of the dog, the date of seizure, and the manner in which the dog is disposed of, and is to be open to inspection at all reasonable times by the public on payment of one shilling {u). All expenses incurred by the police in connection with stray dogs are defrayed out of the police fund, and any money received by them on such account is to be paid to such fund (v). It is the duty of the police or other person having charge of any dog detained as above to feed and maintain it properly {iv). 861. Any person taking possession of a stray dog must forthwith return it to its owner, or give notice in writing to the police giving a description of the dog, and stating where it was found and where it is being detained, under a penalty not exceeding forty shillings

Board

of

Agriculture ^and Fisheries.

(x)

.

Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to make orders for the seizure of stray dogs, and for keeping dogs under control, and regulating the wearing of collars, is dealt with

The power

below and

of the

iy).

cattle,

which was held

to

v.

Pearson (1869),

56);

Dogs Act, 1906

include horses, see Wright

L. E. 4 Q. B. 582.

Under Edw. 7, c.

(r)

(6

s.

2 of the

32),

s.

1

Dogs

(4).

Act, 1871 (34 See p. 399, post,

&

35 Yict.

c.

See pp. 400 et seq., ])ost. Service of the notice may be made either personally, or by leaving it at the address of the person, or by sending it by prepaid postal letter (Dogs Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 32), s. 3 (3) ). (w) Dogs Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 32), s. 3 (1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7). (s)

[t]

{v) Ibid., s. 3 (9).

(w) Ibid., (x) Ibid., >(y)

s.

3

(8).

s. 4.

See pp. 400

ef seq.,

post.