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April 12, 2007

Mauled control officer shoots dog dead

A Hauraki District Council dog control officer is recovering at home after being attacked by a pit bull terrier.

The man was set upon after arriving at a rural property in response to a complaint from a woman that the dog, owned by her son, had attacked her.

The council's senior dog control officer, Murray Sexton, said the woman managed to chain the dog to its kennel, but when the dog control officer got out of his car it lunged - breaking the chain holding it.

"The dog was simply so strong and so aggressive it just snapped off," Mr Sexton said.

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"Because of the breed of dog, when it does go wrong, it goes wrong big time."

The dog control officer had taken time off work. Mr Sexton did not know when he would return.

He said the incident had the potential to be far more serious, and the woman at the Kerepehi property was lucky not to have been more badly hurt.

I can't say that pitbulls are my favourite dog! Not after it attacked my dog (2 of them). Pretty sad that it was her son's dog... and she had to cry for help. They should have watch It's Me or The Dog show last night. It was about dogs splitting up relationships because they didn't know how to train their dog!!

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