Some Waiouru dog owners' "lack of responsibility" appals ranger

Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 12, Issue 586, 16 May 1995, Page 1

Some Waiouru dog owners' "lack of responsibility" appals ranger

Dog owners' "lack of responsibility" in registering their animals in Waiouru appals the town's dog ranger and RSPC A contact, Gail Larsen. Since January nine dogs from Waiouru have been put do wn because they were found unregistered and roaming. More to the point, dogs were destroyed because their owners, for whatever reason, made no effort to find them oncethey

were impounded. "It probably

doesn't sound a lot but for

such a small population it's appalling," said Gail. Because thedogs weren't registered Gail said she had no way of tracking down who the owners were. She said it is sickening to have to put down a nice dog because the o wner ^

won't register it

andwon'tpay

thepound

fee to

get it back. "If they want to have dogs and

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Ruapehu Waitomo merger mooted

FROMPAGE1 of its responsibilities onto local authorities without any extra funding. "These things take a lot of resources and costs, and if itgot to the point were the council can't afford to operate, then amalgamation may be an option." "It never hurts to continually question if what is being done is the best." He stressed that there had been no move from within Ruapehu to seek an amalgamation.

"If it (the proposal) came from Waitomo formally, then it should at least be considered." "It would need to be considered very carefully. We

really haven't given it any thought. We'd need to see very good reasons and some distinct advantages if we were to amalgamate, however."