Queensland Consolidated Acts

ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTION ACT 2001 - SECT 32

32 Keeping or using kill or lure for blooding or coursing

(1) A person must not keep or use an animal as a kill or lure—

(a) to give a dog a taste or sight of the animal’s blood; or

(b) to race or train a coursing dog.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

Note—

If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 209A , to have also committed the offence.

(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.