An animal welfare lawyer has criticised Queanbeyan-Palerang Council for putting down 21 dogs at its animal pound due to an outbreak of highly infectious parvovirus.
Anne Greenaway of Lawyers for Companion Animals said she urged councillors to set up an advisory committee seven years ago but the advice had been ignored. She felt it would have advised the council on how to quarantine stray dogs, and that could have prevented the canine infection spreading.
