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Re: Bush stone curlew in Five Dock

To: David Lord <>
Subject: Re: Bush stone curlew in Five Dock
From: John Tongue <>
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:25:00 +1000
Hi all,
So, is it an off-leash area, or not???

Either way, the dog-owner may well be morally culpable, but if it is an off-leash area, then he can't be held to have done anything illegal simply by having the dog off leash. To attempt any form of prosecution - even if the owner could be found - is then even less likely to succeed.

Sadly, either way, I think there is little prospect of any come- back. I know of an area in southern Tasmania where at least three people I know of have been bitten by a savage dog, being walked - off- leash - by its owner, in a "Conservation Area" clearly marked as being a 'no-dog' zone. When confronted by one victim, she said that he should have known better, because she walked her dogs there every day. And when reported to the police, they told victims there was little they could do (even though we do have laws governing such situations). If they're not prepared to act when people are attacked, they're even less likely to act to protect some bird that people neither know nor care about!

John Tongue
Ulverstone, Tas.


On 16/02/2008, at 5:51 PM, David Lord wrote:

I lived Martin Street on Timbrell Park for a few years and moved out last year. Its not an off leash area. There is a small bush conservation area thats not so bad actually for the limitations of the space - the council gardeners do a reasonable job. I thought I knew every bird in that park (!) although sadly I never saw a stone curlew there when out walking. This is a sad incident.
David Lord
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