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If there is no legal duty, there is a clear moral duty

The SPCA is the dog control agency in Maple Ridge, which duties include deeming dogs dangerous and giving out warnings and orders to muzzle etc.

Where the SPCA knows that a "dangerous" dog lives with small children, does it have a legal duty to inform the Children's Ministry of that fact?

It has a clear moral duty to report it, and it could possibly be argued that to not report it is to recklessly endanger a life.

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