Is Mise brings up an extremely valid point - although not exactly the same problem I am faced with, if one was stranded in the middle of nowhere because their car broke down, and the only way to prevent their dog dying of starvation would be to feed it road kill - there is a conflict of duties right there...who has the superior claim to that road kill in that situation? What happens if the dog-owner decides to oblige by the law, and therefore the dog starves to death, will he have a case to answer to the RSPCA? What happens if he ignores the law to fulfill his moral duties (and possibly his legal duties) to his dog?

What if the dog-owner could settle between himself and the State before-hand...'hey, im about to head off to Darwin and although I have plenty of supplies, if in the remote case i become stranded, i may need to survive off of road kill...will the state be affected by this?'...who would he write to and ask this?