New Zealand Dog News

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April 30, 2007

Police were reaching for guns as pitbulls' owner arrived

Police were within seconds of shooting two out-of-control pitbull dogs which attacked two children and a woman in South Auckland on Saturday.

When police arrived the dogs had already attacked an eight-year-old boy, a 15-year-old girl and an aunt of one of the children who tried to stop the attack, Detective Sergeant Steve Greally said.

Mr Greally was also charged by the dog when he arrived at the owner's home in Takanini, north of Papakura.

He said they police were reaching for their guns when the owner arrived and restrained the dogs. They were both later destroyed.
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He said the owner co-operated and restrained the dogs and the only reason they were not shot after they were restrained was that there were still a lot of children about.

"It would have been out of line for us to do that in front of them. It was a judgement call we had to make."

Good on ya mate! but why don't you use the same judgement call when you burst into a house when drugs are involved, and children are around?

(...)Senior Sergeant Andrew Judson said a decision had yet to be made on charging the owner although charges were likely.

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