A Rotorua, New Zealand man has been banned from owning a dog for a year after a dog in his care was found with a hole in its neck from having a karabiner clip embedded in it. According to the Animal Control Officer a chain had been attached to the dog with a karabiner clip wht was embedded in the skin and tissue of the dog’s neck. In order to help the dog and get it off the chain the officer had to twist the Karabiner through the dog’s neck to release the catch before pulling it back through the skin. There was no blood as the karabiner was removed indicating it had been there for some time.
The officer took the dog and an animal welfare inspector was called. The dog was taken to a vet for treatment. Howard Roy Rahoroi Paul admitted owning the dog and said he placed the chain with the karabiner attached to it on the dog’s neck. He said he walked the dog each day using the chain. He also said no one else had handled the dog since he became the owner of it three weeks beforehand. Paul’s lawyer Peter Birks said Paul was not responsible for impaling the karabiner through the dog’s neck but admitted he should have been more careful and done something to alleviate the dog’s distress.
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