According to a report, a Canadian woman had a dog a chance to beat the limitations of the coronavirus – by putting her husband on a leash.
The 24-year-old told police she was just outside “walking her dog” near their home in Sherbrooke, Quebec city, where a curfew was imposed from 8:00 pm to 5:00 am, the Telegraph reported.
Police discovered a strange couple around 9 p.m. on Saturday, when curfews were in effect.
The rules state that people are allowed to walk their dogs during those hours if they stay within about half a mile of their home.
One of them had the other on a leash and she said she was taking her dog, pointing to her partner, on a walk, as permitted under the exceptions allowed by the Prime Minister of Quebec under the curfew law, said police spokeswoman Isabelle Gendron, according to the Telegraph.
The woman and her 40-year-old husband, who were not named, were fined $ 1,217 for the violation.
They said it would be “a pleasure” to receive the fine, adding that “it would not stop them from breaking the rules in the future and see how many tickets they could get,” Gendron said. .
On Monday, Quebec’s Prime Minister François Legault asked residents to respect social distance rules and said, “I know it’s difficult, but Quebeckers can work as a team if necessary,” the BBC reported.
In Quebec, police issued 750 tickets for offenses during the first weekend of curfew.
Canada has registered a total of nearly 670,000 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.