A STRANGE attempt by a Canadian couple to flout coronavirus restrictions has been nipped in the bud by officials enforcing a new curfew in Quebec, according to a report in the La Tribune newspaper.
New rules require citizens to stay indoors between 8pm and 5am - unless they are walking their dogs.
Police spotted the pair outside in the suburb of Sherbrooke after the curfew had come into effect, but noted that oddly the woman was holding a leash attached to the man's neck.
She insisted that since her husband was a "dog" they were complying with the rules.
However officers did not agree and issued each of them a CAD$1,000 fine.
And on a similar topic (sort of), comes a report from Korea where a startup has launched an artificial intelligence-powered dog collar which claims to help canines communicate with their owners.
The special Petpuls collar works in conjunction with a smartphone application to analyse barks, with the inventors saying it is able to tell pet-lovers if their fur babies are happy, relaxed, anxious, angry or sad.
The gadget, currently being sold online for US$99, is based on analysis of thousands of barks from 50 different breeds, with testing by the Seoul National University finding it had a 90% average accuracy rate for emotional recognition.
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