PUPPIES NEGLECTED.
DAMAGES AGAINST STOCK DEPARTMENT. .'l-USBB iSrtrtCtittOS TELZO&ASJ.' WELLINGTON, November 24. Damages amounting to £4O were awarded H. W. Watson, of Palmerston North, in a case against the Stock Department for failure to give proper food and attention to a Cairn Terrier bitch and her puppies while they were in quarantine on (Somes Island. The animals were received from England in good condition and released from quarantine suffering from et-iema, rickets, and other troubles, due to malnutrition. The Department denied negloct, but admitted that the pups were supplied with no solid food, but fGd entirely on milk.
The Magistrate discounted the idea that the pups' condition wag due to inherited defects and found the Department liable for the coneequenoes of neglect.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20094, 25 November 1930, Page 5
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