Constituency questions
Bulleen electorate
Matthew GUY (Bulleen) (14:43): (1090) My constituency question is to the Minister for Agriculture, and I ask: when will the minister increase penalties for people who flout dangerous dog legislation, particularly when those dogs cause harm or death to other animals? Recently in my electorate of Bulleen in the suburb of Templestowe a 15-year-old was walking a small cavoodle along Serpells Road, in the middle part of that suburb. There were two large dogs, both Cane Corso breed, which is an Italian mastiff, off lead with an individual who did not intervene when these two dogs mauled the small dog being walked by the 15-year-old boy. This resulted in the death of that young man’s pet dog. I have raised in this chamber before and I again raise the necessity of increasing the penalty in dangerous dog legislation, and I ask the minister to do so.