Council to target unregistered dogs

Two dog attacks in a month have prompted a blitz on unregistered dogs in the Hurunui District.

Owners are being given a week to register their animals or face having them impounded and destroyed if registration and pound fees are not paid.

At least 10 dogs are known to be unregistered including a pitbull terrier, a pitbull cross and a staffordshire bull terrier, two labradors and a labrador cross, a german shepherd cross and a staffordshire bull terrier.

Environmental services manager Andrew Feierabend said the crackdown followed concern by the council at attacks on people in Culverden and Hanmer Springs. In both cases the dogs were unregistered. MORE>>