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September 07, 2007

Chch man fined for having dog in national park

A District Court judge has sprung to the defence of New Zealand's national bird, sounding a warning for people to keep their dogs out of national parks.

Judge Lindsay Moore fined a wheelchair-bound Christchurch man $500 for having a dog in a boat on Lake Rotoiti in the Nelson Lakes National Park in January.

He noted that the dog had since died, but told 29-year-old Samuel Robert Bennett that his dog could have been taken and destroyed.

There were documented cases of dogs killing 20 kiwis at a time, the judge told Bennett. "It's a lapdog, sir," said Bennett. (...)

Bennett told the judge he was wheelchair-bound for life because of a broken neck, and he was a beneficiary and "pretty poor". He said the dog had been on the boat and was going to be taken back to the camper van.

Because of Bennett's circumstances, Judge Moore imposed a fine of $500 but said he did not want that to be seen as a precedent.

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the dog was in the BOAT !! I didn't know that kiwis could swim?!

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