Dog Shot

[Sparra]

I don't know if anyone else heard this the other day on the ABC but a dog was shot in a state forest by a hunter with a rifle.The dogs owner wasn't far away and was cutting wood and apparently throwing a stick for it to retrieve when it took off into the bush.He heard a gun shot and the dog came back and died...Not good for the hunting in state forests cause....
Sparra...

[bobzila]

in the paper he sed dam red neck hunters shouldnt be in state forests and they had all this stuff about crossbows and anti hunting crap

[jindydiver]

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/family-pet-the-victim-of-hunting-laws/2006/08/21/1156012474002.html

Typical rubbish from the paper

[dama]

Do not believe everything you read in the papers. There is much more to this story than the media has reported. The hunter was in the right and the police investigation has found him so.

The media driven by the anti hunters have blown this out of proportion and there has been many whopping lies told about this incident, while the facts are sort of forgotten about.

[jindydiver]

Do not believe everything you read in the papers. There is much more to this story than the media has reported. The hunter was in the right and the police investigation has found him so.

The media driven by the anti hunters have blown this out of proportion and there has been many whopping lies told about this incident, while the facts are sort of forgotten about.

Spot on

On Thursday night on radio national talkback some goose rang up and tried to claim the fellow was just walking his dog and it got blown away :roll: The radio announcer cut him off before he could get a good head of steam up, but it shows that the anti's are looking to make a points and the truth won't get in their way.

Like you say, the police have looked at it and are happy to believe the hunter and let him go, so that should be the end of it. It is unfortunate though that the anti's will run a few more miles on it yet.

If you want to listen to the talkback show on hunting it is available as a podcast.

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/australiatalksback/

(Not dailup friendly, over 20MB)

[rory]

It's so easy for them to create so much bull#$@t with no standing at all... makes me mad :x

[Scott]

I used to work for the State Forest in the Walcha area and it is illegal to cut fire wood in State Forest and it is also illegal to have a domestic dog urestrained in State Forest. This is how it is here anyway! I would not think it would be any different any where else. So maybe this is why the hunter was let go and found not to be at fault.

[jindydiver]

Lots of forests allow wood colection if you buy a permit (which normaly is valid for 2 months).
The wood you are allowed to collect is the offcuts from logging operations, so if there is no logging going on you can't get a permit.


And you are right, dogs are allowed in the forests but they "must be under control at all times".

[STEALTH]

Check out the dog.Looks like a dingo.Dingos in a state forrest are on the game list.

[dama]

The other point to remember is it was acting aggresively and coming towards the hunter with out any provacation. And in an area where dogs are a real problem and are listed as a game species.

[Clive]

The following information is pertinent to this discussion:-

The hunter
The hunter was licensed and hunting in the area with a valid permit.
The hunter felt threatened by the dog and was aware that there are feral dogs in this particular forest
The hunter immediately contacted the police at Evans Head to notify them of the incident.
The police advised that no action would be taken against the hunter.

The dog owner
Was collecting wood in a state forest - did he have a permit or not
His dog was unrestrained in a state forest - all dogs must be restrained in state forests other then in specifically designated areas
The dog in question was a Kelpie/Alsatian cross - not something that I would like to come across unrestrained in an national park that has wild dogs
All dog waste must be collected and removed from the forest so as not to scare the native wild life - interesting problem in light of the fact that it was unrestrained and he did not even really know where it was.
40 metres is a very long way in the bush - the fact that the guy was using a chain saw does not automaticaly link the dog to him

Amazing that the hunter has managed to abide by the law but has been judged guilty by the press and yet the dog owner who has broken the law is the umbriged party.

It makes you wonder what would have happened if a bush walker had come across this lovable family pet and been attacked whilst the owner was using a chain saw. Probably now be reading how the owner had been charged and the dog put down. This is just another example of someone having access to a lethal weapon which is disguised as the family dog and having no concept of its impact on other people or wild life.

[HOOD]

Well put Clive