Charge threat to dog victim
A babysitter attacked by a dog wants the Dog Control Act reviewed after she was threatened with prosecution.
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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.
Dog owner faces prosecution
The owner of a dog that ripped a large chunk of flesh from an elderly man's arm is to be prosecuted if the animal is not released to dog control officers.
Woman jailed over pitbull attack
A Rotorua woman has been sentenced to four months' jail after her pitbull attacked a toddler - "degloving'' the child's forehead.
Attack not the first for killer dogs
Two large dogs that mauled a pilates instructor to death have attacked before, police say.
Sentencing adjourned in dog attack case
Sentencing for Rotorua's Philomena Marcelle Matthews, 37, who has pleaded guilty to being the owner of a pitbull that attacked a toddler causing serious injuries, has been adjourned.
Dog attack victim still wary of canines
Mauled by a dog one year ago, a Rotorua primary school pupil says she is still wary of canines.
Dogs involved in Otaki attack to be destroyed
Two pitbull terrier cross dogs involved in a vicious attack on two Otaki women are to be destroyed.
Baby hospitalised after dog attack
A baby girl has been hospitalised after being attacked by her family dog.