1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: I have had it with vicious dogs and their useless owners. 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: How many more children and pets will we tolerate being 3 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:10,639 Speaker 1: maimed and punctured to death before this actually gets taken seriously. 4 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: Another one at the weekend women had his scalp ripped off. 5 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: It's awful stuff. 6 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 2: I've personally had three people in my life and I'm 7 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,239 Speaker 2: just one person who've been out for a walk with 8 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 2: their wee pups on a leash registered of course, that'll 9 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,279 Speaker 2: cost you two hundred bucks, poop bags in hand, doing 10 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 2: all the right things, only to be attacked by some 11 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 2: absolutely vicious mongrel and I mean absolutely ripped to pieces, 12 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 2: puncture wounds, owners taken to the ground, blood everywhere, shock 13 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 2: hospital visits for the humans, expensive vet bills for the animals. 14 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 2: If they are lucky to survive, the road to recovery 15 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 2: is long, and poor old pup never really shakes the 16 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 2: anxiety orders the owner. You've seen photos and the news 17 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 2: of kids' faces that look like they've been through the butchers. 18 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 2: It's gruesome, awful stuff, and those injuries are with them 19 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 2: for life. In Auckland alone, last year three thousand attacks 20 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 2: fifteen thousand roaming dogs reported. When do else do you 21 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:10,479 Speaker 2: call something a crisis than now. Council says they're cracking down, 22 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:14,680 Speaker 2: clearly too slow, clearly not working. Dogs need to be 23 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 2: destroyed immediately. Owners need to be banned from owning. But 24 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,039 Speaker 2: they're not. This is according to the victims. They say, nah, 25 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:25,839 Speaker 2: they're just treated like they're victims too. And here's something 26 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,759 Speaker 2: that I thought was interesting in looking into this yesterday. 27 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 2: If a dog is attacking you, or you witness a 28 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 2: dog attacking another person or another dog, legally, you can 29 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:41,399 Speaker 2: destroy the dog in that moment. It's legal. If your 30 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 2: actions will stop that attack from continuing, you do have 31 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 2: the right to seize or destroy the animal, which would 32 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 2: seem to be the safety And when you look at 33 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 2: the outcomes and you look at the number, would be 34 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 2: a safer option if a dog is attacking a child, 35 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 2: wouldn't you say? 36 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: For more Family Edition with Bridge, listen live to news 37 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: Talks it be from five am weekdays, or follow the 38 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: podcast on iHeartRadio.