Legal proceedings have been started to destroy a Neapolitan Mastiff dog that leaped over a boundary fence in a suburban Gisborne street and pulled an elderly woman off her mobility scooter.
The attack last week left her with a deep cut to her arm.
"We have been in discussion with the dog's owner and her partner this morning, with a view to having the situation resolved,'' said Steve Greaves, animal control officer for Gisborne District Council.
A 77-year-old woman was "left traumatised'' after she was bitten at the Stout St / Atkinson St intersection last Tuesday.
She was taken to Gisborne Hospital for treatment and discharged later that night.
