Woman pushing pram bitten by dog

A dog was put down after biting a woman pushing her 11-month old daughter in a pram in the vicinity of the Te Ngae Shopping Centre last week.

The incident on Wednesday afternoon was witnessed by a staff member of the Rotorua District Council's Animal Control Unit who happened to be in the area. She immediately went to the address of the registered bulldog cross where the owner agreed to its surrender to the unit. The dog was later impounded and put down. (...)

Supervisor, Animal Control, Kevin Coutts said the incident could have been avoided had gates to the property been shut. "If this had been done the lady wouldn't have gone through a traumatic experience and the owner would still have his dog. Gates being left open is a constant source of frustration for us," he said.

Will the media report every dog attack now? It only needs to be in the media 5% for people to think, to assume that all dogs are bad.