Chris Kenny to pursue Chaser team over dog skit despite ABC ruling Dismissed complaint ... The ABC stands by the Chaser boys' skit aired on The Hamster Decides last month. The newspaper columnist depicted by the Chaser team having sex with a dog is continuing to pursue the ABC despite the corporation's complaints department deciding the skit did not breach editorial guidelines. The skit, which included news footage of The Australian columnist Chris Kenny questioning the level of funding "thrown" at the ABC, and then featured a Photoshopped image of him having sex with an animal, went to air on The Hamster Decides on September 11. ABC managing director Mark Scott revealed on Melbourne radio this morning that, despite the fact he personally found the image of Kenny "tasteless" and "undergraduate," the ABC had dismissed the complaints it received. Not giving up ... The Australian's Chris Kenny. However, Kenny said he had yet to have any contact from Scott or the ABC on the matter. I have heard nothing from Mark Scott. I've had no contact whatsoever from him," he said. I think it is interesting that they received 200 formal complaints and ... they have attempted to downplay the number of complaints. But I would have thought that by normal standards that seems to be a high number. And I'm hardly surprised. Kenny added that he and his lawyers were going to continue to pursue the ABC over the The Hamster Decides segment. I think it was clearly defamatory. I don't think anybody could contest that," he said. ABC spokesman Michael Millett said the ABC was today notifying the complainants of the result of the internal investigation. He said the Audience and Consumer Affairs department's assessment was that the skit was likely to cause offence but "justified by the editorial context." "While strong in nature it was consistent with the Chaser style - one very familiar to its target audience," said Millett. This was confirmed by the fact that only one complaint was received in the 36 hours after broadcast. The other complaints - less than 200 in total - came after the issue was pursued by various newspaper columnists. It was strong satire related to Mr Kenny's criticism of the ABC. Last month, Kenny's own son, Liam, published an article online criticising his father and defending the ABC show. He described his father as "a staunchly neo-conservative, anti-progress, anti-worker defender of the status quo" and an "unrelenting apologist for the Liberal Party."