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The Government is taking steps to craft legislation to impose harsher sanctions for the owners of dogs that attack, injure and or cause the death of a person.<\/p>

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This follows Cabinet\u2019s approval for a proposed reform to the Dogs (Liability of Injuries By) Act, by repealing and replacing it with a new law that will provide for criminal and civil liability for an owner of a dog that attacks, injures and or causes the death of a person.<\/p>\n

Making the announcement at today\u2019s (January 15) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister with oversight for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, said Cabinet has given approval for drafting instructions to be given to the Chief Parliamentary Counsel.<\/p>

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The legislative changes come in the wake of recent dog attacks on several Jamaicans.<\/p>

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In September last year, pit bulls attacked a teacher, leaving her with serious wounds, which caused her to be hospitalised for a prolonged period.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure she is going to bear the effects of that attack for the rest of her life. She is being attended to as we speak, because it will require a lot of work beyond the particular hospital treatment that she has received,\u201d the Minister said.<\/p>

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