Kerser's Story By Lynne Harwood

[SwaY]

An article written by Lynne Harwood on Kerser's story can be read here http://www.k9online.com.au

[GeckoTree]

Is there another site I can view the article on, or can someone copy paste.

That sites not built for non city computer speed.

[huck house]

The Author states that it was an American Pit Bull Terrier who mauled and killed a St Albans Child and this is the reason for the Victorian legislation . It wasn't an American Pit Bull Terrier and the Victorian Legislation was already in existence . The facts should be clearer in the opening paragraph of the article .

I can not quote directly due to the format of the on line zine.

Edited July 7, 2013 by huck house

[Santo66]

That damn BSL is the problem??

So Kerser breaks through a fence ends up in a neighbours property and is unregistered with council. Whether he's a Pitbull or not, he's in the zone appearance wise so if he had a responsible owner he would probably still be flying under the radar and no one is any the wiser. I think Kerser's problem is irresponsible ownership more than a BSL issue.

[huck house]

Kerser is on death row , whilst the other dog of the household is safe at home .Other dog owners may have received a fine for having their animals unregistered.. BSL is the issue here .

[tlc]

It says in the article he has another 14 days after the 3rd of June but it doesn't say the outcome? Does anyone know what happened after the 14 days?

[Santo66]

Kerser is on death row , whilst the other dog of the household is safe at home .Other dog owners may have received a fine for having their animals unregistered.. BSL is the issue here .

Would he be on death row if the owners were responsible enough to contain him in a secure back yard.......he was served up on a plate due to irresponsible ownership is my point, he was wandering at large in someone else's yard when extra precautions needed to be taken to keep an unregistered dog of Pitbull appearance safe in which his owners failed him.

The sad bit is that the owners of these types of dogs are just letting the legislation take it's course.........the outs are in the legislation and they need to start using it??

[Gertrude139]

It says in the article he has another 14 days after the 3rd of June but it doesn't say the outcome? Does anyone know what happened after the 14 days?

From the FB page

Kerser's appeal from the refusal of an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria to grant leave to appeal was this morning fixed for hearing before a Judge of the Court on 6 August 2013

[tlc]

Thanks, I searched the Facey page but didn't see this! I hope they can save this boy.

[sumosmum]

Kerser is on death row , whilst the other dog of the household is safe at home .Other dog owners may have received a fine for having their animals unregistered.. BSL is the issue here .

Would he be on death row if the owners were responsible enough to contain him in a secure back yard.......he was served up on a plate due to irresponsible ownership is my point, he was wandering at large in someone else's yard when extra precautions needed to be taken to keep an unregistered dog of Pitbull appearance safe in which his owners failed him.

The sad bit is that the owners of these types of dogs are just letting the legislation take it's course.........the outs are in the legislation and they need to start using it??

Exactly what outs are in the legislation?

[mita]

Kerser is on death row , whilst the other dog of the household is safe at home .Other dog owners may have received a fine for having their animals unregistered.. BSL is the issue here .

Would he be on death row if the owners were responsible enough to contain him in a secure back yard.......he was served up on a plate due to irresponsible ownership is my point, he was wandering at large in someone else's yard when extra precautions needed to be taken to keep an unregistered dog of Pitbull appearance safe in which his owners failed him.

The sad bit is that the owners of these types of dogs are just letting the legislation take it's course.........the outs are in the legislation and they need to start using it??

Exactly what outs are in the legislation?

Yes, good question. All I can think of is doggie plastic surgery, given that the death sentence is based on appearance not on being out of his yard.

A female pitbull that had escaped from the yard where her family (travelling thro') were staying ... turned up along our fenceline. Found her because she was playing with our tibetan spaniel girls, all tails wagging.

She was in lovely condition, obviously much loved & had a sociable, biddable nature. She had a rego label from another council area (that the family had shifted from)... but it was out of date. But a wonderful official at the 'old' council did some digging & found the mobile phone no of the owners. Who soon came to pick her up.

So 'deed, not breed' saved her bacon. Which is the way it should be. That lovely dog did not deserve to be damned because of her appearance. However, it seems, if she'd been in Victoria, she would've been. We treated her like any other well-behaved dog that was lost.... we went looking for the owners, to return her.

Edited July 13, 2013 by mita