Dogs euthanised for vicious attacks — RVIPF
Four dogs found to be perpetrators of attacks on people and livestock in the territory have been put to death.
The Royal Virgin Islands Police (RVIPF) said in a media release yesterday that it ordered that the dogs be euthanised at the weekend.
The quartet of dogs reportedly caused injury to residents and also maimed or killed other animals.
The policed defended its decision to have the dogs euthanised by citing the Dogs (Prevention of Injury to Person, Livestock and Poultry) Act, 2001 which states that ‘officers are in right to destroy, either by shooting or put down in some other manner which will cause as little pain as possible, any dangerous dog’.
In the meantime, the RVIPF reported that, “the latest in a series of dog attacks was on Saturday in Pleasant Valley where a neighbour’s dog entered an adjacent property and bit the foot of a guest of the property owner. The property owner reported that the dog, which is unregistered, had been seen off-leashed in the neighbourhood and had been on his property in the past,” the RVIPF stated.
It added: “The owner of the dog was subsequently reported for having an unregistered dog and warned of prosecution in relation to injuries sustained to the victim. The three other dogs owned by a Sea Cows Bay resident were also unregistered and had, on several occasions, attacked and injured tenants residing on his property in addition killing livestock in the area.”
The Pounds and Livestock Brands Act, 2004 makes provision for any animal found straying in a public place or trespassing on any private land to be captured and impounded.
In the meantime, the decision to have the dogs put down follows a court ruling in which a local dog owner Elmo Connor Jr was ordered to pay $106,931.93 in compensation to woman who was vicious attacked Connor’s four Pit Bull Terriers, while she was pregnant.
It was not explicitly stated whether its was Connor’s four dogs who were euthanised.
Man ordered to pay $106K for pit bull attack on pregnant woman
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I hope that lady gets what the court awarded to her cause we all know how that father and son does operate.
Put the owner down too
The police need to come up Nottingham hill alot of dogs rushing/attacking you when walking. A police lady that live up there have around four terrorizing passerby
Sorry for the dogs that did not bring this on themselves as fools tend to raise them to be vicious, but glad that the victim won that judgement! Hope the victim collects every penny, failing which that person should be jailed or personal property, if any, be put up for sale to award damages. A grey pit bull is often times lose in the area of Russel Hill too. The Police needs to investigate this.
I hope dem dorgs iz Reeky own
No such thing as a bad dog, just horrible, lazy bad owners. It’s the truth!
Who acts as the judge in RVIPF? the article said the RVIPF ordered that they be put down.
I remember walking in the Area of Stoutt Lookout one morning and a pit bull approached me from a road just at the back of Stoutt lookout. The road is between Stoutt Lookout and a telephone exchange. It approached me and I had to literally turn back and walk in the opposite direction fearing I would be attacked if I continued on my journey. Thank God it turned around and went back to its place of residence. Bet and believe I went prepared the next morning hoping I would see him again and he would try and attack me. Trust me, he would not be alive today if he did. Now I am always prepared whenever I walk in the area. I have been walking that areas for years and whomever that dog is for need to keep home on a leash.
What about the irresponsible dog owner’s? They will continue to get more dogs over other animals and continue their bad behavior.
Good move. If they are going to be a menace,put them down.
one bite my child, I take the the child to the hospital the nurse dress the wounds but never called in the police nor advise me to do so. both of my child’s feet were bitten.