CANADA -- A nine-year-old girl and her father were taken to hospital by ambulance after the St. Bernard the family rescued six weeks earlier attacked them.
At about 5:15 p.m. on Oct. 24 the police were called to a report of a dog attack at the 6600 block of Dave Road. The child was in the yard playing when the 170 lb. dog attacked her. Hearing her screams, her father came to her rescue and became the focus of the attack. He managed to get both himself and his daughter into the house
Police arrived and the dog, still on the tear, aggressively approached the vehicle. The officers tried to use the police care as a shield between the dog and the house, trying to get inside after learning through calls to the residence the father was losing a lot of blood and likely going into shock.
With the ambulance fast approaching, the officers finally had to put the animal down when it came at them once again.Both father and daughter suffered numerous deep bite wounds as a result of the attack.There were no previous incidents with the dog since the adoption.
(Prince George Free Press - Oct 25, 2011)
