Animal Care and Protection Act 2001
sec.32Keeping or using kill or lure for blooding or coursing
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sec.32 Keeping or using kill or lure for blooding or coursing
A person must not keep or use an animal as a kill or lure— to give a dog a taste or sight of the animal’s blood; or to race or train a coursing dog. Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. For subsection (1) (a) , it does not matter whether the dog has previously tasted or seen the blood of the animal or of another animal. s 32 amd 2013 No. 51 s 229 sch 1 ; 2016 No. 28 s 4 ; 2024 No. 17 s 192 s ch 1 pt 1 (sec.32-ssec.1) A person must not keep or use an animal as a kill or lure— to give a dog a taste or sight of the animal’s blood; or to race or train a coursing dog. Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. (sec.32-ssec.2) For subsection (1) (a) , it does not matter whether the dog has previously tasted or seen the blood of the animal or of another animal.
- (a) to give a dog a taste or sight of the animal’s blood; or
- (b) to race or train a coursing dog.