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The Gironde gendarmerie is launching a recall concerning stray dogs on public roads.

The Saint-Symphorien sector, in the south of the department, appears particularly affected by this problem.

“The straying of a dog on public roads is prohibited”

In Hostens, last September, a dog caused a passerby to fall after escaping from its enclosure.

“This fall resulted in multiple fractures to the victim. After undertaking work, the owner will have to answer to the delegate of the public prosecutor,” explains the Gironde gendarmerie. Who warns the population : “The straying of a dog on public roads is prohibited. »

The dog owner is responsible

If a dog causes an accident, its owner will be considered responsible. And he risks, thus, criminal sanctions in the event of filing a complaint.

What does the law say about this? According to article L211-23 of the Rural Code, “any dog ​​is considered to be in a state of wandering which, outside of hunting or guarding or protecting the herd, is no longer under the effective supervision of his masteris out of earshot of it or of any sound instrument allowing its recall, or which is far from its owner or the person responsible for it by a distance exceeding one hundred meters. Any abandoned dog, left to its sole instinct, is in a state of wandering, unless he participated in a hunting action and it is demonstrated that its owner did not refrain from doing everything to find and recover it, including after the end of the hunting action. »

“A dog running free is first and foremost dangerous to itself. He can injure himself, in particular by crossing the road, or be injured by another animal, which physically attacks him, adds, for its part, the Gironde gendarmerie. It is also dangerous for others. It can cause a road traffic accident or pose a threat by jostling or attacking a passerby or another animal held captive or on a leash. »

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