Three pig dogs maul elderly woman
21 October 2006
An 80-year-old great-grandmother is in Christchurch Hospital after she was mauled by three pig-hunting dogs in a frenzied attack.
West Coast woman Edna Thomas is waiting for a skin graft where the dogs ripped a hand-sized piece of flesh from her lower left leg. She also had puncture wounds on her inner left thigh and at her ribs as a result of the attack on Thursday night.
Thomas's grandson, Johnny Groome, said Thomas had been worried for a month about her neighbours' dogs, which had been wandering on to her property in Ahaura, a Grey Valley town 40km north-east of Greymouth.
The dogs are trained to capture and hold wild pigs.
Fed up and armed with an umbrella, she decided to confront the dog owner after attempts to phone him failed. Ya too bad there are bad dog owners that make us good owners look bad!
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An 80-year-old great-grandmother is in Christchurch Hospital after she was mauled by three pig-hunting dogs in a frenzied attack.
West Coast woman Edna Thomas is waiting for a skin graft where the dogs ripped a hand-sized piece of flesh from her lower left leg. She also had puncture wounds on her inner left thigh and at her ribs as a result of the attack on Thursday night.
Thomas's grandson, Johnny Groome, said Thomas had been worried for a month about her neighbours' dogs, which had been wandering on to her property in Ahaura, a Grey Valley town 40km north-east of Greymouth.
The dogs are trained to capture and hold wild pigs.
Fed up and armed with an umbrella, she decided to confront the dog owner after attempts to phone him failed. Ya too bad there are bad dog owners that make us good owners look bad!
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