Owners of three dogs involved in an attack on two women at Whirinaki beach earlier this month have been charged under the Dog Control Act.
Each of the three owners face two charges of dog attacks a person causing serious injury.
A male bull terrier cross and a male Neapolitan mastiff cross were relinquished by their owners and destroyed on Friday.
The remaining dog, a male, Rhodesian ridgeback cross, would be held at the pound pending the outcome of the prosecution, the Hastings District Council said in a statement today.
In the first attack, at 2.30pm on October 3, a woman was running on the beach when she saw three dogs. They approached her and attacked. She was pulled to the ground and suffered multiple puncture wounds and lacerations to her upper arm, her armpit and buttocks.
In the second incident about 45 minutes later, a woman was attacked by what were believed to be the same three dogs while walking along a street. She suffered a significant bite injury to her arm.
Both were admitted to Hawke's Bay Hospital, with the second woman being transferred to Wellington Hospital for specialist surgery.
All three dogs came from the same address. One lived at the address and two were visiting.
