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Pet owner fined after driving around city with his dog on the ROOF
Su Chen claimed his dog clambered onto the roof of vehicle on its own and ‘refused to get down’ as he drove around Taipei
A Taiwanese pet owner has been fined £500 after placing his dog on the roof of his van while he drown around a city.
Su Chen claimed his dog clambered onto the roof of vehicle on its own and ‘refused to get down’ as he drove around Taipei.
He was travelling in the car with his wife Cheng Ling, 25, had been caught by police who monitor the internet for signs of illegal activity and spotted the pictures when the went viral.
Mr Chen, 38, had denied responsibility and refused to pay the fine, saying that the dog had climbed onto the roof and ‘is always up there when it knows I am driving anywhere’.
The pictures had been handed over to the Tamsui Police Station in Tamsui District which managed to track down the man and his wife, and slapped them with a fine.
The police in Taipei confirmed that they regularly look at the internet for signs of illegal activity, and although they had not received a complaint about the man, he was clearly breaking the law regardless of how slowly he was driving, and therefore had to pay the fine.
His wife Cheng said the dog was often on the roof and they liked to allow it to climb up there if it really wanted to, but also admitted that they had been given a warning in the past by animal protection officers that it was dangerous.
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Mr Chen said: 'I didn't tell it to get on the roof, it is always up there when it knows I am driving anywhere and refuses to get down. And in any case I always drive slowly and we have never had an accident.'
The couple were widely criticised by online users for allowing the dog to put its life at risk.
One local Wu Chang posted: 'A dog can't be expected to know how dangerous it is to ride on the roof of the car but a responsible owner would never have allowed it in the first place. This is nothing better than animal abuse.'
