Woman in mauling by dog taken to hospital

A WOMAN in her early 20s has been hospitalised after a dog attack.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said the woman was attacked at a Deeragun address.

He said the woman suffered “puncture wounds” to her lower leg about 8.50pm on Monday. It is understood there was just one dog involved.

The QAS spokesman said the woman was taken to Townsville Hospital in a stable condition.

This attack follows a number of concerning dog attacks across Townsville this year.

Last week another woman was mauled on the neck, arm and leg by what is believed to be pet pit bulls at Bushland Beach.

A Townsville City Council spokesman said the two dogs were put down after the owner handed them over voluntarily.

In March a Vincent grandmother’s maltese terrier was mauled to death by a small pack of dogs.

Marilyn Turner, of Vincent, tried to save her beloved dog from two american staffies but was herself attacked and knocked to the ground, suffering a crushed disc vertebrae.

The two staffies were put down, Townsville City Council confirmed.

In early February, a fiveyear- old girl was left with “several deep gashes to the face” after she was bitten by a dog she was playing with, a QAS spokesman said.

Last year there were more than 500 dog attacks in Townsville, according to the council’s website. In a poll previously run by the Bulletin asking readers if they were concerned about dog attacks in Townsville, 71 per cent voted they were concerned.