Changes to Victoria’s animal welfare act will explicitly recognise that animals are sentient.
Melbourne Magistrates Court heard Mr Phillips bought Kojak as a puppy in 2010, with his mother splitting the $900 cost as his 19th birthday present. The dog lived with Mr Phillips at his mother’s home and various rental properties until 2016, except for a short period when he went overseas. Text messages tendered as evidence show the siblings pleaded with one another over custody of Kojak in early 2020 before it escalated to a legal dispute.“I’m scared u will wanna take Kojak after u see him again like you said to me last time,” Ms Amaterasu said.
Last week marked the end of the one-year legal battle as lawyers representing Mr Phillips officially discontinued an appeal to take the matter to the Supreme Court. “Abandonment seems to be a subjective thing,” he said, adding that he hadn’t tried to see Kojak until he was in a suitable home to keep him because he feared the dog would become stressed.
She said after a relationship breakdown and falling out with her family, Kojak’s company had got her through Melbourne’s prolongedThe Kojak case follows a similar battle between ex-partners over. In that case, the magistrate decided the dog was the property of the girlfriend because it was purchased for her as a gift.
I thought, what's this trash in my timeline? Must unfollow that link. Then I notice it's The Age, an organisation I regularly provide money to. Seriously, there's so much of substance happening in the world and you serve up a petty fight over a pet.