A Whitehorse woman is set to ask the Yukon Supreme Court Tuesday to bar a drug-sniffing dog from her daughter's high school, arguing that the girl's allergies will force her to drop out of Grade 11 if the dog patrols the school.
Porter Creek Secondary School is preparing to introduce the drug-detection dog and its handler, a drug awareness worker, in its hallways next week.
But the woman, who has asked not to be named, says her 15-year-old daughter suffers from severe pet allergies. According to her court affidavit, the woman says the girl had an accidental brush with a dog last month that sent her to the hospital.
"She's been put in a position where she has to make a decision between her daughter's health and the risk of a severe allergic reaction of sending her to school," Whitehorse lawyer Charlene Dumont, who is representing the woman, told CBC News on Monday.
"Unfortunately she really doesn't have a lot of choice. If the dog is in the school, the girl will not be."
2007-09-11
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