AUSTRALIA -- A DANGEROUS dog has been put down after a second vicious attack in Melton Shire.
The dog attacked an elderly pensioner and her poodle in Melton South last Monday (November 21).
The same dog rushed at a woman and her dog less than a week earlier on November 16.
The registered and micro-chipped american staffordshire terrier was surrendered by its owner and destroyed last Thursday after attacking 73-year-old Margaret Moore and her black toy poodle, 2 1/2, in Denny Place.
Melton Council’s general manager corporate services Peter Bean confirmed the same dog was involved in an incident five days earlier.
“In this instance the dog rushed at a woman who was walking her dog and the woman tripped,” he said.
The latest attack came just days after a bull terrier cross was euthanised when it set upon a one-year-old boy, his grandmother and innocent bystanders in Burnside on November 17.
There have been at least four other attacks by dogs on humans in the shire this year.
Ms Moore said the dog, which was believed to have lived in the same street, attacked about noon.
“I was taking the dog for a walk and when I came around the corner the dog just attacked,” Ms Moore said. “It shot across the road and before I had time to pick my dog up, it was munching into it.”
The traumatised dog was taken to a vet with puncture wounds, bruised lungs and fluid on the lungs.
Ms Moore also has to seek medical attention for several cuts.
Neighbour Ron Barnes said the council switchboard was unhelpful when he phoned a ranger’s calling card to report the attack.
“Their attitude stinks,” he said. “It’s like you’re interrupting their day.”
(Melton Leader - Dec 1, 2011)
