The Taitung police believed that wandering geese would scare people, and sent the goose owner to the court for violating social protection laws. However, the judge ruled that the goose is a cute and cute animal and ruled that the goose should not be punished.

Figure non-party goose.

(Photo by reporter Huang Mingtang)

[Reporter Huang Mingtang/Taitung Report] A lawsuit caused by a rare "goose" in Taitung!

A woman surnamed Yan claimed that she was chased and bitten by a goose while riding a motorcycle. The police sent the goose owner surnamed Jian to the Taitung District Court for punishment according to the violation of the Social Order Maintenance Act by "driving or condoning animals to scare people", but the judge determined that the goose was cute and lovable Animals that do not meet the requirements of being "scary" will not be punished.

The reason for the transfer of the goose owner by the Taitung police is that in January this year, he allowed the geese he raised to wander on the road and attacked the woman surnamed Yan, frightening her, and believed that she violated Article 70, paragraph 3, of the Social Order Maintenance Act "to drive or condone “Animals scare people” shall be reported to the court for punishment according to the law.

If established, the goose owner will be detained for no more than 3 days or fined no more than 12,000 yuan.

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The woman surnamed Yan stated in the police inquiry that the goose owner surnamed Jian kept the geese in front of her house and did not lock up the cages, allowing the geese to run wild on the road. She was bitten by the geese on her way home, and the geese caused her to be injured. frightened.

The judge believes that although geese have the habit of patrolling and maintaining their own living areas, they are not fast. Before attacking, they will stretch their necks forward to approach people, and then open their mouths to bite people. .

And even though the geese can only chase and injure people, when people see a flock of geese outside, they often don't feel frightened because they don't have a scary appearance and have a cute image.

The goose owner also confessed that Yan Nu passed by on a motorcycle, and the goose should not be able to catch up with the speed of the motorcycle, so why was it bitten by the goose?

The judge believed that the speed of the goose was not fast, there were warning signs before the attack, and the goose had a pleasing appearance, and there was no record of this goose being scary. Therefore, it is difficult to believe that the goose owner surnamed Jian really knew that the goose might have scary behavior when wandering outside. The police failed to produce positive evidence to prove that the goose owner had driven or condoned the animal's frightening behavior, which was not enough to prove that there was a violation of Article 70, paragraph 3, of the Law on the Maintenance of Social Order.

However, people in the legal circle pointed out that the goose owner would allow it to walk on the road, but did not send anyone to guard it to prevent danger. Although the judge believed that it did not meet the requirement of "those who drive or condone animals to scare people" in Article 70, paragraph 3, of the Law on the Maintenance of Social Order , but if sued, he may still have to bear the relevant civil property and non-property damage compensation liability, and if it causes death or injury, he must bear criminal responsibility.