Dog attacks endanger children: court demands stricter measures!

Dog attacks endanger children: court demands stricter measures!

Bad Ischl, Österreich - in Bad Ischl there was a shocking incident in which dog attacks came into focus. A Czechoslovak Wolfhund attacked and killed a Chihuahua, while the ten -year -old owner of the little dog tried to save him. As ooe.orf.at reported, the incident happened when the wolf dog broke out of his owner's not fenced property while the girl went for a walk with her dog and a friend. The girl suffered an injury to the ring finger by the attack, while her Chihuahua was cruel. The Wels public prosecutor's office against the alleged owner of the wolf dog due to negligent bodily harm, since the girl's injuries were not serious enough to maintain an indictment.

in connection with another incident that made the public listened to, a 56-year-old dog owner was due to five months and sentenced to a fine of 960 euros after his dog, who showed aggressive behavior, attacked two girls. According to the analysis of puls24.at , the daughter of the dog owner was bitten by the dog in her garden, as the seven-year-old neighboring daughter pre-tying. Even if the mild injuries of both children end lightly, the official assessment is defeating. The prosecutor warned that the dog, who had already bitten in the past, should not simply be entrusted to a child.

The incidents have led to strict regulation in dog keeping in Upper Austria. After a fatal incident in the past year, a new law was issued that classified certain dog breeds as potentially dangerous and imposed on holding of large dogs. Although the two cases had different origins, they underline the pressing necessity to improve security in dealing with free -range and potentially aggressive dogs.