Schoolboy goes into bat for beaten dog

Wellington SPCA are hailing a young boy who saved a dog that was being attacked with a cricket bat.

On Thursday afternoon, Damon Boyer-Marwood, 12, was walking home from Brandon Intermediate School in Cannons Creek when he heard an animal yelping.

He investigated and found a group of several boys around his age attacking a small female terrier cross dog.

The boys were holding the dog down and taking turns to kick it.

One of the boys also had a cricket bat and was hitting the dog with it, a Wellington SPCA spokesman said.

Damon told the group of boys to leave. "They stood there for a bit, then they ran inside."

He said he did not think it was fair that the boys were hitting Rose.

Damon took the dog to a friend's house, before calling the SPCA.  MORE>>