Dogbite victim wants justice
The latest victim of a savaging by a dog has joined the call for tougher penalties against their owners.
Pauline Cornelius, 63, suffered nine puncture wounds in her groin and a deep gouge in her leg when a dog she believed was a pitbull mauled her repeatedly at Otaki Motor Camp.
The attack stopped only when the dog's owner grabbed it and fled. Both have yet to be found.
It is at least the seventh such attack in New Zealand this year.
Mrs Cornelius, a resident at the camp, was mauled as she walked across the site to water a friend's garden about 6pm on Sunday.
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Fight serves as reminder 29 January 2006
The head of animal control at the Palmerston North City Council, Peter Broughton, said last Friday that the animal involved in the recent dog fight, in which one of Barbara Adlington's two golden retrievers was injured, would not be destroyed.
The animal was a labrador cross, not a pit bull or bull terrier, as had been reported. It was a registered family pet and was out walking with a younger family member.
"That dog, and Mrs Adlington's dogs were all off the leash. It appears that the dog in question became involved in a fight with Mrs Adlington's dog and it was only when she intervened that she was bitten. It was a very unfortunate incident, but we have no evidence as to how it started." more>>
Pauline Cornelius, 63, suffered nine puncture wounds in her groin and a deep gouge in her leg when a dog she believed was a pitbull mauled her repeatedly at Otaki Motor Camp.
The attack stopped only when the dog's owner grabbed it and fled. Both have yet to be found.
It is at least the seventh such attack in New Zealand this year.
Mrs Cornelius, a resident at the camp, was mauled as she walked across the site to water a friend's garden about 6pm on Sunday.
"I just froze. I knew if I ... more>>
And you might want to read the REAL VERSION of the story
Fight serves as reminder 29 January 2006
The head of animal control at the Palmerston North City Council, Peter Broughton, said last Friday that the animal involved in the recent dog fight, in which one of Barbara Adlington's two golden retrievers was injured, would not be destroyed.
The animal was a labrador cross, not a pit bull or bull terrier, as had been reported. It was a registered family pet and was out walking with a younger family member.
"That dog, and Mrs Adlington's dogs were all off the leash. It appears that the dog in question became involved in a fight with Mrs Adlington's dog and it was only when she intervened that she was bitten. It was a very unfortunate incident, but we have no evidence as to how it started." more>>
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