Good turn earns police dog bite
A man who went to check on a burglary at his neighbour's house was attacked by a police dog, which bit through a nerve in his little finger.
A man who went to check on a burglary at his neighbour's house was attacked by a police dog, which bit through a nerve in his little finger.
A 3-year-old boy was bitten by a police dog in front of more than 30 children during a kindergarten visit.
A 63-year-old who chased an intruder at his property was savaged by a police dog that attacked the wrong man.
Animal experts are urging improved education of dog owners form a major part of the Government's review on dog controls.
A three year-old girl has 20 stitches in her face and almost lost an eye after being attacked by a pit-bull terrier in Wairoa.
The two pitbulls that nearly mauled a 5-year-old to death were well cared for and had played safely with children before, says the local council.
Two dogs which left a five-year-old BOP girl with "potentially life threatening injuries" have been destroyed.
A Bay of Plenty mother covered her five-year-old daughter's body with her own to stop a mauling by a pitbull and pitbull mastiff-cross.
Her eye had to be stitched open, her cheekbone was broken, several of her teeth were crushed and she has no feeling on the left side of her face.
Remarkable story of healing for a Waikato woman savagely mauled by dogs less than a month ago.