14Injuries to animals to be reported

#### 14 Injuries to animals to be reported 14 Injuries to animals to be reported > The driver of a vehicle which strikes and injures an animal (other than a bird) shall not fail— > > > (a) where, in consequence of the injury, pain has been inflicted upon the animal—to take reasonable steps to alleviate the pain, and > > > (b) where that driver believes, or ought reasonably to believe, that the animal is a domestic animal—to inform, as soon as practicable, an officer or a person in charge of the animal that the animal has been injured. > > Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both. > > **s 14:** Am 1987 No 160, Sch 2 (6); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1997 No 83, Sch 1 \[24\].