Two vicious dogs which dragged a little girl, 6, over a fence and almost mauled her to death are put down
- Laquarna Chapman Palmer was mauled
- Saved by hero uncle who thought she died
- Neighbour’s dog set to be killed
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The two dogs involved in a horror mauling in Queensland have been put down.
Logan City Council confirmed that the mastiffs, both unregistered, were euthanised on Tuesday after they left a six-year-old girl with significant chest and abdominal injuries.
‘Following a serious dog attack in Woodridge on Monday afternoon, Council acted under its legislative powers to seize two Bull Arab type dogs which were not registered or known to Council,’ Logan City said in a statement.
‘They were taken to Council’s Animal Management Centre.
‘(On Tuesday), in the interests of public safety, the two dogs were swiftly and humanely euthanised.’
Laquarna Chapman Palmer, six, from Woodridge, south of Brisbane, was taken to Queensland Children’s Hospital in Brisbane on Monday afternoon where she remains in a serious condition
On Monday, Laquarna Chapman Palmer was playing in the backyard of a Woodridge home, 25km south of Brisbane, when the neighbour’s dogs pulled her off a fence and dragged her into a yard.
She was mauled by two of the neighbour’s dogs, suffering horrific abdominal, chest and shoulder injuries, and was saved by her uncle who heard the screams.
She was playing on a fence when one her neighbour’s dogs jumped at her and pulled her over the fence. Two dogs then mauled her, one dog is pictured
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‘She just got pulled off the fence by one of the dogs,’ Laquarna’s uncle, Reece Chapman, told Channel 9’s Today.
‘I just heard my mother screaming in panic and just ended up jumping the fence to help her and one of the dogs was going to attack her face.
‘I threw a chair at the dog.
‘I thought she was dead, honestly, because she was laying there lifeless.’
Both dogs, who were not registered, have been taken by Logan City Council and are set to be put down today
Laquarna was taken to hospital where she remains in a serious but stable condition, while Mr Chapman received treatment for a leg wound he suffered during the attack.
Local government dog handlers were later seen removing the dogs at the scene while Council’s Animal Management team investigated the attack.
Logan City Council said it would ‘continue to advocate for tougher dangerous dog legislation’ and remained committed to a ‘zero-tolerance approach’ to irresponsible animal ownership.
‘Council is also committed to taking swift and effective enforcement measures,
through a range of actions, particularly in instances where there is evidence of repeated or severe animal keeping failures, particularly those which impact public safety.’
