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Girl home after Halloween dog attack
A 7-year-old girl mauled by a dog at a neighbour's property while trick-or-treating on Halloween has returned home after two surgeries on her leg wounds.
Training session for dogs help save kiwi from attack
Kiwis for Kiwi is running training sessions nationwide to condition hunting dogs against attacking our threatened national bird.
Search for seal-killing dog continues
The Department of Conservation says it is still searching for the owner of a dog that killed a baby fur seal on an Auckland Beach last week.
Seal killing: dogs' owner found
Members of the public have helped to locate the owner of two dogs which fatally attacked a seal in Tairua on the Coromandel Peninsula on Monday.
Dog that savaged boy to be put down
A dog that attacked and dragged a 4-year-old boy around the backyard of his Auckland home will be put down.
Savage dog attack: Diversion sought
The owners of four dogs which attacked a 7-year-old Japanese girl in Murupara are seeking diversion.
Dog owners back in court over attack
The alleged owners of four dogs that savaged a 7-year-old girl in Murupara have reappeared in court.
The big battle to save Boris
A Whitianga woman is considering taking the fight for her beloved dog to the High Court after it was sentenced to death.
Horrific dog attack: Owners named
The owners of four dogs that attacked a 7-year-old girl in Murupara can finally be named.
Marauding dog kills chooks
Emotions are running high in Kumara on the West Coast after at least 21 chickens were killed by a marauding dog.
Dog victim's anger over new attack
A teenager savaged by a dog 11 years ago has spoken out about the frightening attack in Murupara, telling the 7-year-old Japanese victim to "just hold on".
Dog attack: No history of aggression
The four bull terrier crosses which attacked a 7-year-old girl in Murupara yesterday, leaving her in a critical condition, had no history of aggression.
Dog attack victim was due to fly home
The Japanese girl attacked by four dogs at a Murupara home was due to fly home with her family to Japan tomorrow.
Charge threat to dog victim
A babysitter attacked by a dog wants the Dog Control Act reviewed after she was threatened with prosecution.
Man's ear bitten off by dog called Tyson
A dog owner survived a savage attack in which his ear was bitten off by his pet... the somewhat aptly named Tyson.
Attack dog owners had been warned
Owners of two rottweilers who mauled an 8-year-old boy last weekend had been warned by animal control officers just days earlier to keep the dogs locked up.
Family want dogs put down after attack
The family of an 8-year-old Christchurch boy mauled and tossed in the air by two pet rottweilers want the animals put down.
Boy mauled by family dogs
An 8-year-old Christchurch boy was tossed in the air during a horror mauling at the weekend by his family's rottweilers.
Council seizes dogs after attack
Three dogs have been impounded following an attack in Kaitaia which left a 31-year-old man with bite wounds to his back, legs and feet.
Woman hospitalised after dogs attack
A Gisborne woman suffered serious facial injuries in what's been described as a "horrific" attack by two dogs.
Dog attack: Council yet to decide on pet's fate
A 5-year-old boy is in a stable condition in hospital after being bitten by a dog in south Auckland last night.
Boy, 5, bitten on face by family pit bull
A 5-year-old boy has been hospitalised after being bitten on the face by a pit bull, believed to be a family pet, in South Auckland.