AUSTRALIA -- A savage dog attack has injured two teenage students and a teacher during a school excursion near Newcastle.
Two dogs ran on to Corroba Oval, Stockton, where a large number of schoolchildren were playing about noon yesterday.
Police said the dogs were a Staffordshire bull terrier and a bull mastiff that chased the children as they played with a ball.
A 15-year-old boy was bitten on the thigh by the bull mastiff. The dog then attacked a 14-year-old girl, jumping on her chest and biting her on the leg.
A female teacher tried to shield them from the dogs but she was bitten on the leg while kicking out at the dog. The children rushed off the oval.
Newcastle City Police and Council Rangers used capsicum spray to defend themselves from attack by the bull mastiff.
Both dogs were subsequently captured and taken into the care of council rangers. Investigations are continuing to identify the dog's owners.
The two children and teacher were treated by ambulance paramedics at the scene but did not require any further hospital treatment.
(The Daily Telegraph - Aug 16, 2013)
