You mentioned protecting the animals themselves just now, Minister. You've amended subsection 447(1), which concerns the arena for animal fighting, to broaden it from cockpits for fighting with birds to include dogs, as you mention.
Why didn't the bill go further and deal with the other subsection, 447(3), which currently has not been changed? It allows peace officers to seize cocks in the cockpit or on premises where a cockpit is located, but that didn't get changed. What do we do with dogs? Under the current section, you can seize the animals and if necessary have the cocks destroyed. I don't see any changes to the provisions that deal with dogs.
Is that an oversight that this committee may wish to amend, or is there no problem?