Dog attack news

A man aged 66 has died after being attacked by his own dog at a home in a "very rare" and "tragic" incident in Tasmania.

Premier Roger Cook has called for an inquiry into the circumstances leading up to the dog attack.

NSW Police said a man in his 50s was treated by paramedics in Leppington after he was attacked by dogs on Monday morning.

The American XL bully dog will need to be defined before it can be banned from the country.

The owner's sister had to boil a kettle and pour hot water on the animal to stop it, with doctors fearing she would need to have her arm amputated.

Two people are in hospital after they were mauled so badly in a dog attack they needed surgery.

The dog, described as a bull mastiff, was on a leash at the time.

The RSPCA said almost 80 per cent of bites happen in the home, not the community, and questioned how much impact the ban will have on public safety.

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A woman who was mauled by two dogs as she tried to protect her Jack Russell along a popular walking track in Sydney's south has lost her pet to the injuries it suffered in the attack.

A woman and her pet required rescuing after she ran into neck-deep mud by the Georges River to try and escape from the attacking dogs.

A Perth grandfather was mauled by two dogs in an alleged tit-for-tat that saw him beat a busker with his own instrument.

Queenslanders are asked to make their voices heard on potential tougher laws for owners of dangerous dogs.

She had to use a plastic tricycle to fend off a dog, as she claims its owner fled outside for her own safety.

The boy was transported by Queensland Ambulance paramedics to Rockhampton Hospital about 12.25pm after being attacked at a home in Norman Gardens.

A three-year-old girl sustained serious head and neck injuries from the dog attack, which involved one of four of her grandmother's dogs.

A primary school in the UK was put into lockdown after two dogs attacked six people nearby.

A neighbour says the dogs at the property are "very, very aggressive".

Laquarna Chapman-Palmer has undergone surgery today after she was attacked by two bull Arab cross dogs in Woodridge yesterday.

The dog escaped through an open gate as the owner was putting out hard rubbish and attacked the woman from behind.

Alurah Walker, 2, was attacked by the family's South African Boerbel on Monday at a home in Osborne.

It's understood the child was attacked by the large dog just after 1.30pm on a property at Osborne.

A US woman who lost her nose when her dog attacked her believes her teeth whitening treatment led to the attack.

Mia was rushed to hospital with head injuries by her parents about 10.40pm on Saturday but died shortly after midnight.

An elderly man has been hospitalised after a suspected dog attack on Victoria's the Bellarine Peninsula.

A senior vet in Melbourne's outer eastern suburbs has apologised after her unregistered dog mauled two people at her home in separate attacks.

Paramedics found the 40-year-old man with a deep laceration to his chest when they arrived at the "chaotic scene" in Sylvania this morning.

A Melbourne father has spent two nights in hospital after he was mauled while trying to save his labrador from a dog attack.

Australia Post is pleading for people to secure their pets after almost 1000 posties were attacked by dogs over the past five months alone.

The dogs that fatally mauled meter reader Kane Minion in Queensland last week have been euthanised, the local council confirmed.

A meter reader who was mauled to death in a dog attack on a Queensland property has been identified.

A Melbourne woman was in Qatar for the World Cup when she received a panicked call from her pet-sitter.

Jayden Abraham suffered severe injuries to his face, neck and arm when he was taken down by a police dog.

Jyedon Pollard was attacked at the the Country Gardens Motor Inn in Cowra in the NSW Central West yesterday.

The toddler suffered critical injuries after being mauled by two dogs in NSW's Central West this morning.

Council officers are reviewing CCTV footage in an investigation after two dogs attacked a baby and a beloved pet in a Perth neighbourhood.

Dog bites suffered by children have jumped almost 20 per cent in Victoria, coinciding with a recent spike in pet ownership.

The child was attacked by the animal in Forbes this afternoon and has multiple bite wounds on his body.

Mum-to-be Alana Russell was stroller training her pug cross Yodi in Padstow on Monday when another dog lunged.

A toddler and her grandmother remain in hospital after a dog attack in Brisbane's south.

NRL star Jai Arrow's dog has viciously mauled another dog to death just three months after a similar attack left another dog seriously injured.

Two people have been hospitalised after a two-dog attack on the Gold Coast.

Michelle Quayle had "never been so scared" when Ace attacked her and her family just a month after being rescued.

The boy received injuries to his face and head.

A man who was left with grisly bite wounds and saw his pet cavoodle killed during a horrific dog attack has called on the owner of the offending pit bulls to turn himself in.

With dog attacks on the rise, posties and delivery drivers are issuing a new plea to pet owners.

The Oklakhoma homicide investigation started over the weekend with deputies thinking they were looking into a stabbing, but the coroner's office said the woman had dog bites

Queensland paramedics have responded to nine dog attacks in just one month, warning people to be more careful around pets.

A toddler is recovering after being attacked by a dog in Queensland's Gympie region. 

CCTV footage has captured the moment a dog attacked a six-year-old boy at a Gold Coast cafe, leaving him with a wound that required surgery.