A Gisborne woman who was hospitalised for a week after a dog
attack has today welcomed the dog's destruction.
The 39-year-old was attacked in Parau Street in the Gisborne
suburb of Kaiti on January 30, and suffered wounds to her
face, neck and arm.
She required surgery and spent seven days in Gisborne
Hospital.
The two-year-old great dane/bull mastiff cross was put down
this morning after a meeting with its owners., Gisborne
District Council said.
No further action would be taken against the owners, council
environment and planning manager Hans van Kregten said.
It was the third dog attack in a week after a five-year-old
girl suffered serious facial injuries after being mauled by
two bulldog-pitbull cross dogs in Taneatua, near Whakatane,
when visiting a neighbour with her father, and a
three-year-old girl almost lost an eye when attacked by a
pitbull in Wairoa, Hawke's Bay
In another dog attack on February 5, a Tauranga man was
mauled by his two dogs at his Hairini home, receiving serious
head and arm injuries.
Ambulance officers found him badly hurt and called police,
who shot the dogs dead.
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