Dunedin City Council animal control officer Karan Whyte leads a rottweiler from a Bradford, Dunedin, house last night, after the dog attacked a young girl. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery.
The girl was playing in Manchester St, Bradford, with other children, when a rottweiler dog from a neighbouring house "latched on to her arm" shortly before 5.30pm, Senior Sergeant Craig Brown, of Dunedin, said.
"It then had a go at her other arm, and she sustained substantial lacerations to both arms," he said.
The girl was taken to Dunedin Hospital by a family member, he said.
She was in a stable condition.
The dog was locked inside a house until it was removed by a Dunedin City Council animal control officer at 6pm.
Police did not know why the dog attacked. Inquiries were continuing, he said.
