Boy savaged by dog that pulled him out of tree

A Whangarei boy suffered more than 50 puncture wounds in his body when he was dragged from a tree and down his back yard by a dog. The owner of the dog – which police say is a pitbull-Staffordshire cross – allegedly watched and did nothing to stop the attack. Another neighbour's dog tried to come to the rescue. (which, according to the media may be put down due to it not being registered)

It was the sixth recorded dog attack in New Zealand this month and has the boy's mother calling for tougher penalties for owners of dangerous dogs. (Isn't $20 000 and 3 years in the can is tough enough!)

Kevin Hale, 7, was playing at his Kamo home on Monday night when the two-year-old dog, Fergie, sprang through a fence and attacked him. "He was chewing my neck and shaking my head around. I tried to climb a tree and he pulled me back down," Kevin told TV One News.

.....The latest attack was the sixth by pitbull-type dogs this month. (and one that was not media reported is my dog that was mauled by a pitbull-looking dog. Thankfully the owner has a conscious: paid the vet bills, came to the vets, sat with my dog, sent a parcel with dog treats and a card two days later, and has come around asking how Holmes, my dog, is)