Town where dog pound is never empty

In Murupara they call Tom Oldridge "the dog man". He is dog control officer for a town where the pound is never empty and, as of a week ago, dogs can turn into killers.

He's been out on its streets since two mauled Virginia Ohlson to death last Saturday and has picked up half a dozen strays - including what he believes was a purebred pitbull roaming free.

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And just as the local people know him, the dogs do too: they sometimes split when they see him coming, as two did when he caught them "having a bull on" this week.

"A lot of the dogs I pick up, heck, they're just normal," he says.

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