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Wednesday, April 9, 2025

PM: Cabinet to take 'serious' look at law

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To­mor­row's Cab­i­net meet­ing will give "se­ri­ous con­sid­er­a­tion" to the Dan­ger­ous Dogs leg­is­la­tion, af­ter Mon­day's hor­ren­dous killing of Denise Rack­al in Ch­agua­nas, Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar said yes­ter­day.

Rack­al, a se­cu­ri­ty guard died an ex­cru­ci­at­ing death when she was at­tacked by a group of pit bulls while she was walk­ing to work. The dogs are owned by po­lice­man Daryl La Pierre. Asked about yet an­oth­er at­tack by pit bulls yes­ter­day, Per­sad-Bisses­sar said: "Oh my God...again!" She added: "Cer­tain­ly on Thurs­day we'll have to give se­ri­ous con­sid­er­a­tion to the mat­ter." "The Act was passed some time ago and we knew it was flawed and I know the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al has had his eyes on re­view­ing the leg­is­la­tion with a view to putting some­thing in place that can pro­tect our peo­ple." On Mon­day, Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Sub­has Pan­day ex­pressed con­cern about the sit­u­a­tion. Li­onel Rack­al, hus­band on the vic­tim, had said he was "treat­ed like a crim­i­nal" on the scene when he went to speak with the dogs' own­er. (GA)


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