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      <title><![CDATA[Danger dog attacks soar in Queenstown]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Bullmastiff Staff]]></author>
      <attribution source="Scene.co"><![CDATA[http://www.scene.co.nz/danger-dog-attacks-soar-in-queenstown/295319a1.page]]></attribution>
      <createdate unixtime="1325772972" delta="19 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/5/2012]]></createdate>
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      <lead><![CDATA[Serious dog attacks on people in the Queenstown Lakes district have rocketed. Fifteen people were injured in attacks during the past council year, compared with just one the previous year.  Victims include little Eden Pritchard, 6, who was mauled and bitten on the face by a vicious dog in May  it was later destroyed and its carer fined and sentenced to 250 hours community work. ]]></lead>
      <text><![CDATA[Edens mum, Misty Wilson, believes there should be tighter controls on dangerous breeds and all dogs should be on a leash in public. Overall, 19 people were attacked by dogs in the 12 months to June 30 this year  but four of the incidents were not considered serious. By far the most common injury was a bite to the calf. The figures were presented to Queenstown Lakes District Council last month by Lakes Environmental enforcement boss Lee Webster. Webster says: Over the past year we have seen an increase in the number of attacks. When an attack occurs on a person or an animal, the incident can be extremely distressing for all parties. It is imperative that we have a rapid response to such matters and appropriate action is taken. Dog-on-dog attacks also increased with 19 serious cases, up from 12 the previous year, and 17 minor cases, up from four. The increase in attacks is reflected by a 36 per cent jump in infringement notices issued  a total of 151  and by 14 individual dogs being legally classified dangerous or menacing under the Dog Control Act. Dangerous or menacing dogs must be muzzled by owners before being allowed out in public. However, the main reason for the infringement increase was simply the failure of 105 owners to be bothered registering their pooches. Forty-three owners were also pinged for failing to keep pets under control or confined to their property. Webster reports barking dogs also show a significant increase in the number of complaints, up from 34 to 100. This is an area that will be focused on through the coming year, he adds. The total number of dog registrations in the Wakatipu and Wanaka increased by 52 to 3277. Scarred after attack  Eden Pritchard, 6Eden Pritchard (right), 6, was mauled by a bullmastiff-staffordshire bull terrier in May. The little girl was bitten on the face by the loose dog on a footpath just metres from her home in Robertson Street, Frankton. Eden received hospital treatment to glue a deep puncture wound on her cheek and other facial bite marks. The dog was destroyed. Mum Misty Wilson, 25, says: Shes doing heaps better. Physically she healed up pretty quickly and well. She just is generally a lot more aware now and still gets quite nervous around dogs that are loose. Initially she gets quite scared. But shes managed to deal with it reasonably well  probably better than me. Shes brave. I just get pissed off when I see dogs that are just loose, that annoys me. Im just a lot more wary and cautious. Wilson believes there should be tighter restrictions on dangerous dog breeds and other dogs should always be on a lead. The dog that attacked Eden was loose and no one was keeping an eye on it. She still has a scar in the middle of her cheek but I think as she grows older that will fade and disappear. Shes quite lucky.Precious pooch blinded in one eye Yayoi Hirayama, 23, is also calling for all dogs to be on leads in public after her own dog was attacked and blinded in one eye when she let it roam free. Her small Pom­eranian Bichon Frise, Sora (right), had its head almost bitten off by a Rottweiler in an attack at a Sun­­­shine Bay park in August. It was very scary, Hirayama says. Sora went to smell the other dogs face and it suddenly bit him in the head and lifted him up in the air. He had deep cuts in the head and neck, with lots of blood, and the dogs teeth went into his eye so now hes blind in one eye. Sora needed surgery after the attack. Everyone lets their dogs off the leash so I did as well but now I think its really important they are kept on a leash in a public place. You cant control small or big dogs. As soon as the other owner realised my dog was there, he held it by the collar. They were very good at the time. Sora is still friendly to other dogs  he hasnt learnt anything.]]></text>
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