21/09/2010
Derry 'Attack Dogs' To Pay Price
A child attacked by two dogs outside her home has received hospital treatment for injuries
The nine-year-old girl was set-on by two pit bull type dogs in the Waterside area of Londonderry.
Danielle McAllister suffered bite injuries to her arm following the attack at 4.30pm on Monday afternoon in the driveway of her house at Gelvin Gardens. She was taken to Altnagelvin Hospital for treatment and the dog warden informed, with it now emerging that the owners of two animals are "distraught about what happened".
BBC NI has this afternoon reported that Craig Watson, whose 17-year-old stepson owns the dogs, said they escaped from the backyard where they were kept, and ran away.
He now says that the dogs are to be put down.
(BMcC/GK)
The nine-year-old girl was set-on by two pit bull type dogs in the Waterside area of Londonderry.
Danielle McAllister suffered bite injuries to her arm following the attack at 4.30pm on Monday afternoon in the driveway of her house at Gelvin Gardens. She was taken to Altnagelvin Hospital for treatment and the dog warden informed, with it now emerging that the owners of two animals are "distraught about what happened".
BBC NI has this afternoon reported that Craig Watson, whose 17-year-old stepson owns the dogs, said they escaped from the backyard where they were kept, and ran away.
He now says that the dogs are to be put down.
(BMcC/GK)
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