Police find coward who fled with his killer dogs

AUSTRALIA -- POLICE and council officers have tracked down the owner of two dogs which allegedly attacked and killed a puppy on Moana Beach on Saturday.

The owner of the dogs left the beach with the animals, refusing to give his details, after one allegedly killed Alison Bandick's Pekingese poodle pup, Lily, and bit the Christie Downs woman.

RIP Lily

Mrs Bandick was able to provide police with the man's mobile phone number because his partner had used a witness's phone to call him to come to the beach after the incident, about noon on Saturday.

Onkaparinga Council safety officers are expected to take statements from both dog owners this week before determining what action may be taken.

Mrs Bandick needed hospital treatment and a tetanus shot for a bite to her hand sustained while she was trying to save her dog.

Her other dog, a toy poodle, Jazz, was also bitten by one of two dogs that attacked her two small pups.

The Pekingese poodle, Lily, died on the beach after the attack.

Mrs Bandick said the girl who had been walking with the two dogs that attacked hers put them on a lead and called the owner, who refused to provide his details.

(adelaidenow - Sept 24, 2012)