The "puppy" a Christchurch man saw being dumped in a Christchurch creek was actually a dead hare, and the man will not face prosecution, police said today.
Greg Beaumont claimed to have seen a man dump what he thought was a dead dog in a stream by Hagley Park lastThursday.
He chased the man, filmed him, and confronted him before he ran off.
"I was 95 per cent certain what I had seen was a puppy, but I began wondering what if it had been a baby?" Mr Beaumont said later.
Christchurch police posted the photos on their Facebook page in a bid to identify the man.
Officers spoke to the man in the photographs and no charges were pursued. "We're updating our Facebook page and thanking the public for their help," a police spokeswoman said.
