Crime to run over dogs, but not cats?

If you knock down a dog while steering a motor vehicle, you might have committed a crime should you not stop and help the injured animal.

The Road Traffic Act adds that failure to do likewise for knocking down cattle, a horse, ass, mule, sheep, pig or goat could be a crime too, with a $3,000 fine or a jail term of up to a year.

The same cannot be said for a cat, rabbit, monkey, bird or snake. The law is silent on running over other animals.

There were cases of runaway horses on the road in 1991 and 1983.